home area; home town; local
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to drink up; to drain (cup)
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
carving; engraving; chiselled features
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
foreign capital group; foreign company
electrical manufacturer; company manufacturing electric devices; electric-appliance maker
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
accurate; correct; precise; exact
arrest; apprehension; capture
newspaper story (article, account)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
store name; shop name; restaurant name
offender; criminal; culprit
trial; judgement; judgment
prison sentence (without a stay of execution)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
how many years; how long; what year
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
custody; detention; confinement
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
since when; from when; how long
intelligence or information network
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
personal; individual; private
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
still; even now; to this day
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
the original; original copy; script