progress; advance; improvement; development
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
outside the city area; suburbs
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
to be nearing death; to be dying
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
to carry out one's mission
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
first thing in the morning
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker