approval or disapproval; admission or denial
de facto husband; common-law husband
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
travelling alone; solitary journey
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
cassette (tape); game cartridge
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
discipline; punishment; reprimand
former convict; old offender; ex-convict; person with a criminal record
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
house search (e.g. by the police)
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
member (esp. of a criminal organization); gang member; gangster; yakuza; crime syndicate member
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
warrant; summons; written order
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
parliamentarian; member of a congress
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
(means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
to annoy; to cause trouble
to repent; to be penitent