charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
young person; youth; young
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
grasp; catch; understanding
simple store; booth; stall
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to chase; to run after; to pursue
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
drill; gimlet; awl; auger
manufacture and sales; vertical integration
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
stay of execution; suspended sentence
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)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
at that time; in those days
under ... years of age; less than ... years old