picking up trash; collecting garbage
person involved in a gang; person with gangster associations; yakuza member
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
hydrocyanic acid; prussic acid; hydrogen cyanide
starvation; famine; hunger
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
main road; main thoroughfare
rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
administrator; director; commissioner
cord; strap; thong; string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
visualization (data, results, etc.); visualisation; making something visible (that was previously unseen)
in accordance with plans; just as planned
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
clearing one's throat; cough
about when; about what time; how soon
waste of time; killing time
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
chief (of police); head (of office)