clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
please (give me); please (do for me)
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
invisibly; secretly; privately
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
how-to (book); self-help book
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
contract (for work); contracting; undertaking
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
company president; manager; director
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
elementary; basic; rudimentary
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in