black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to keep a watchful eye on
free speech; freedom of speech
in name but not in reality
long (time that has passed); old (story)
common people; ordinary people; masses
police; police officer; police station
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to lose a tooth; to lose one's teeth
empty lot; vacant plot of land
to push aside; to brush aside
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
decrease; reduction; decline
amount of material resources
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
not a little; not a few; considerable
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally