to slip through; to slip past; to evade
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
settlement; permanent residency
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to order; to command; to appoint
to harm; to cause harm to
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
opposite; reverse; contrary
together; at the same time; same; identical
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
killing with a bomb; killing in a bombing
diversion; putting something to another use
striking; remarkable; considerable
attenuation; damping; decay
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
bar; measure; short pause (in writing); petty principles; minor details
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
scripture; passage from scripture
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls