old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
evasion of the law; circumvention of the law
thousands of years; eternity; all generations
obstruction of business; interference with business; interference with somebody's duties
to jump up and down; to hop
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
forensic researcher; crime scene investigator
to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)
popular line (of products); best-selling line; hot sellers
fallen hair; combings; hair left on comb
drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour
(crime of) abandonment of a corpse; abandoning a dead body
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
two parts; two copies; the second part
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
sending; forwarding; shipping
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
incompetent; have no merit
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
state of mind; (one's) mental state
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
about when; about what time; how soon
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
death by suffocation; death by choking
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
the relation of master to servant
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)