to be shot dead by an assassin
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
Solanaceae (nightshade family of plants)
merry voices (e.g. of children playing)
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail)
common name; popular name
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
proposed site; site chosen
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
crash; kurash (wrestling)
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
esophagus; gullet; esophageal
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
advance payment; money paid in advance
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
useless resistance; vain struggle
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
interest (in something); enthusiasm
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board