certificate of registered matters; document proving registered matters
to make one's rounds; to patrol
biggest shareholder; largest stockholder
to crawl out of; to creep out of
without penalty; acquittal; impunity
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
longitudinal direction; vertical direction; portrait orientation
identification; background check; identity confirmation
culling; putting down; slaughtering; killing
to be flexible; to be accommodating
lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation
about when; about what time; how soon
house search (e.g. by the police)
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
near; nearby; not far off
member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
to demand money; to pester; to extort
health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
one's (living) environment
excretion; discharge; excrement
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
business; errand; nature of one's business
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh