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
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
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
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
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
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
affidavit; deposition; testimony
as soon as possible; ASAP
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
sixth day of the month; six days