questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
station square; station plaza
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
one's physical safety; personal security
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group
Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
name; given name; first name
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
duty; obligation; responsibility
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to watch over; to watch attentively
to gather; to collect; to assemble
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
exposure to wind; severe criticism
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less