investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat
bowl of rice topped with egg
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
complexion; colour; color; blood red
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
lying face down; lying on one's face; lying prostrate
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
(short) rest; breather; break
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
cesspool; sink; manure sink
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
at your own discretion; as you see fit
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
shame; disgrace; raping; rape
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to be able to manage somehow or another
remaining years (of one's life)
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
half the body; half length