three kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones
to promote; to make richer
picture element; image pixel; PEL
unhygienic young woman; dirty girl
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building
novel; unconventional; cutting-edge
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising)
assiduousness; attending diligently to one's study or duties
ganja; marijuana; cannabis
Junkudo (Japanese bookstore chain)
person or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates; member of a biker gang driving behind the rest (in charge of keeping the police away from the other members)
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
point (of a conversation, etc.); sense; hold; grip
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
to be enraged; to flip out
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
most of all; extremely; supremely
minor cosmetic surgery; nip and tuck
since when; from when; how long
police mobile traffic unit
to sell out; to exhaust one's stock
to give meaning (to); to assess the significance (of)
some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate