investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
money-making; earning money
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million); 10^60 (or 10^72)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
100,000,000; one hundred million
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
two people using the same (vehicle) (often two on a bike)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
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
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
manned; occupied; piloted
generic; general purpose; all-purpose