to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
police investigator; investigator
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to face; to go towards; to head towards
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound