robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
canned juice; canned soft drink; can of juice; can of soft drink
cheap lodging (especially in a skid row area or slum); flophouse
(discount rate) negative spread; loss margin; back spread; downturn
lawless people; gang; malcontents; recalcitrants
to pilfer; to filch; to pocket; to make off with
homeless; homeless person
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
leaving everything to someone else
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
to stop walking; to pause
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
beautiful woman; pretty girl
winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
strongest ever; most powerful in history
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
job application form; employee satisfaction
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
old construction (esp. in real estate); old building
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
directly under; falling perpendicularly
major earthquake; large earthquake
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
deterioration; becoming decrepit; becoming worn out
cake served with tea; teacake
white hair; grey hair; gray hair