telephone fraud where the caller pretends to be a relative of the victim
making appointment plans over the phone; telephone fraud where the caller pretends to be a relative of the victim
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
beautiful tree; tree producing beautiful flowers
about; concerning; as to; regarding
fugitive from justice; fugitive criminal
to extort (money); to blackmail
expert's written opinion or report
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
philandering; itch for women
omitted character; omitted letter
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
out of sight; in the background; unnoticed; (lit.) under the veranda
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
fishing harbour; fishing harbor
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in