development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
victim; injured party; sufferer
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
naturally; of course; understandably
to make a splash; to draw attention
otherwise; or else; if not
(religious) faith; belief; creed
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
storehouse; warehouse; godown
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
joints; points (of a speech)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
courteous; decorous; polite
feeling; sense; impression
the way one works; one's working manner
to cut corners; to be shoddy
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
a few years ago; some years back
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit