smoking room; smoking compartment
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
it's been a long time; long time no see
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
classification; categorization; sorting
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to care for someone; to look after someone
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
near; close; beside; third person
police; police officer; police station
censorship; inspection; examination
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to be moderate in; to be temperate in; to refrain (from doing); to withhold (an announcement, comment, etc.); to be beside; to be close by
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
one revolution; one rotation
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to begin talking; to open up
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to pick up; to find; to gather
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint