prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
continuation; succession; series
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
police; police officer; police station
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
father; dad; husband; you; he
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
just past noon; afternoon
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)