chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
day of disgrace (in Okinawa; April 28, after the day in 1952 in which the US occupation of mainland Japan, but not Okinawa, ended)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
worst; worst-case (scenario)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
boy; son; baby boy; young man
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to watch over; to watch attentively
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
to grow angry; to display one's anger
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
casting; cast-metal object
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
(political) power; authority; influence
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
methylenedioxymethamphetamine; MDMA; ecstasy