chōchin; yakitori skewer of chicken oviduct meat and immature egg yolks
something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true; lie turned truth
anti-nuisance ordinance; ordinance against disturbing the peace
words used by young people; slang
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
fruits of a wife's labour (in assisting her husband's career, e.g. by running the household)
Immigration Bureau; Immigration Office
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
orthopedic surgery; plastic surgery
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
extremely busy; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
abduction and confinement (esp. unlawful)
seven delicious flavors (flavours); blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.); shichimi
house across the street; neighbor across the street
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
experiential; empirical; experimental
(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)
strangulation; strangling
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
high-class restaurant; high-end store
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
conjugal relations; conjugal affection
filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime