xenophobia; exclusion (of foreigners)
the appropriate person; competent person
ticket sold in advance; advance ticket
to brush gently; to stroke; to caress
Beijing dialect (of Mandarin); Pekingese
illegal resident (in a country); illegal alien; illegal overstayer (person who has overstayed their visa)
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
mutual aid; cooperation; benefit
pest extermination; pest control
to betray a secret; to reveal a secret
to refuse; to decline; to deny
test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)
metropolitan governor; governor of Tokyo
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
terrorist organization; terrorist organisation
snapping (e.g. fingers) sound; with a pop
remittance; sending money
English conversation; school for English conversation
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
cannot be helped; unavoidable
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer