changing direction (esp. of a ship); turning; brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards (in calligraphy)
workers' credit union; labour credit association
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
notarized document; notarised document
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
judicial scrivener; judicial clerk; person qualified to prepare legal documents, handle real-estate transactions, etc.
generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)
person who gives the right (correct) answer
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
security for a loan; collateral
deduction in advance (of tax, interest, etc.)
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
to write incorrectly; to miswrite; to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin
civil affairs; civil case
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
make no progress; remain unsettled
to live fast (and recklessly)
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
(wet) cough; (sound of) coughing
the original; original copy; script
boldly; bravely; resolutely; determinedly
tail (animal); tail end; tip