to ask for money; to put the touch on someone
at all costs; whatever the price; would give anything
(talent) scout; recruiter; headhunter
hospital food; hospital meals
indulging in every possible luxury
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
house search (e.g. by the police)
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
remedy for a cold; cold medicine
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
audiovisual; adult video; porn video; pornographic video
value; worth; virtue; blessing
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
private affairs; personal matter
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
bureau director; office chief
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
writing (e.g. as a profession)
second marriage; remarriage
good-for-nothing; worthless
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
without permission; without notice
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
to go out and away; to leave
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky