marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
research division; inquiry section
witnessing; observing; sighting
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
rather; sooner; preferably
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
winning streak; good time to make a profit
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
end of work day; end of school term; end of school year
dreamworld; dreamland; la-la land
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
sympathy; empathy; response
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
to do (a person) good; to bring profit
either way; in any case; one way or another
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
self-consciousness; self-awareness
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)