drug cartel; drug ring; drug syndicate
children's house; child welfare residential facility
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
to dent; to indent; to depress; to humiliate
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
baby carriage; perambulator; pram
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
spiritual; religious song; spiritual
brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company
consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
police identification card
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
goalkeeper; keeper; goalie
single-mother household; fatherless family
the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way
light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car
outrageous lie; outright lie
(sense of) presence; realism; ambiance
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words