seizure; plunder; robbery; taking something by force
the smoke of guns and a rain of bullets or shells
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
neat and tidy woman who is (unexpectedly) promiscuous
to cut with scissors; to put scissors to; to punch (e.g. ticket); to prune (e.g. shrub)
shutter street (street with many closed-down shops or offices)
public indecency; indecent exposure
job-placement journal (magazine)
incorporation; conversion to a corporation; privatization (of a previously public body)
to finger; to tamper (with)
earthquake-resistant construction
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
to cost little; to come cheap
one's school; school one attends or works at
public relations department (section, office)
noise barrier; soundproof wall; soundwall; sound barrier
(sense of) story; (sense of) narrative; storytelling (within a work); plot; storyline
feigned tears; crocodile tears
acting indifferent while lovestruck
thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried