treatment; service; handling; management
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
development; exploitation
process; course; mechanism
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
prototype model; experimental machine
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
three; three years of age
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
suffix for familiar person
scene; spectacle; sight; view
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
rape (Brassica rapa); common rape; cole; coleseed; coleseed greens
adds force or indicates command
pickled Japanese horseradish; wasabi cut up and mixed with sake lees
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent