frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
judicial affairs; clerical duty (in a temple)
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
in that way; like that; that way
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
to be muddy; to be slushy
conviction; belief; confidence
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
National Public Safety Commission
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
human rights; civil liberties
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
unprecedented; never seen before
decision; judgment; resolution
unexpectedly; surprisingly
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
every station; local train; train that stops at every station
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
powerful medicine; strong poison
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line