investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
medical care; medical treatment
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
social; societal; societary
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
municipal office; council; city hall
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
these guys; these fellows
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
power of the state; government authority
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
to dis; to diss; to disrespect
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
source of information; intelligence source; message source
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)