slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
(social) class; rank; grade
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy
printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style
high academic achievement; advanced academic training; higher education
image; figure; figure; form; image
personification; impersonation; embodiment
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
still (continuing); as ever; further
question; inquiry; enquiry
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
that is to say; so that means
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
considerably; fairly; quite
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to make a fist; to clench one's fist