lightning strike; torpedo attack
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
matter for the police; brush with the law
excessive or unjustifiable self-defense (defence)
resolution (of a display, printer, scanner, etc.); degree of understanding; how well one understands a person or thing
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
high sensitivity; highly sensitive (e.g. film, radio receiver); high speed (film); discerning; discriminating; of refined tastes
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
truth is stranger than fiction
HD; high definition; hard disk; hemodialysis; heavy-duty; Holdings
image quality (film, video, etc.)
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
priority; order of precedence
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
making a fuss (about nothing); brouhaha
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
to launch a surprise attack
weekend carpentry; do-it-yourself; DIY; weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
mouse (esp. a laboratory mouse); (computer) mouse; mouth
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan); to call 110; to call the police
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card
box cutter; utility knife
shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard