yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
schoolgirl; female student
life; living; I; me; student
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
arrest; apprehension; capture
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
omitted character; omitted letter
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
program (e.g. TV); programme
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
sewing together; stitching up (a wound); suture
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
payment of debts; repayment
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
in line with this; therefore