vice; immorality; corruption
sexually transmitted disease; STD; sexually transmitted infection; STI; venereal disease; VD
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed; exponentially increasing
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
healthy; sound; wholesome
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
position; job; employment; opening
keeping in check; holding back; deterrence; restraint; suppression
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
local specialty; local special dish
great difference; major mistake
one's first campaign; one's first battle
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
build; physique; frame; constitution
putting on armor and helmet; wearing armor; gas mask; bullet-protective cover or jacket made of cupronickel
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
from now; from this moment; henceforth
groundwork; (lit.) laying the foundation
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me