to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
charred; burnt black; scorched black
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
hotel worker; hotelman; hotelkeeper; hotelier
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
manner of using one's hands
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
police officer; policeman; constable
police identification card
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
dull sound; muffled sound
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to explain adequately; to be accountable
very; much; greatly; a lot of
research material; experimental material
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)