scene of the crime (offense, offence)
place; room; margin; scope
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
foreign capital group; foreign company
enterprise; business; company; corporation
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
sense of values; values; value system
convention; tired tradition; old custom
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
to like; to love; to be fond of
without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
father; dad; husband; you; he
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to have a hard time of it
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman