expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
make no progress; remain unsettled
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
volume retailer; mass marketer; emporium
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
love hotel; short-stay hotel used primarily for sexual activities
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
at that time; in those days
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to make a lasting impression
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to become desperate; to give way to despair
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
innocent; not guilty; harmless
exactly as stated; verbatim
past forty; following right course
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy
police officer; policeman; constable
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
to understand; to make out