underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
making a killing; making easy money; robbery
detestable; despicable; abhorrent
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block
settlement out of court; private settlement
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
plainly; clearly; vividly
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
homeless; homeless person
indicate reason; infers some protest
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
this and that; one thing or another
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
money paid to the government
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
corridor; hallway; passageway
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
follow-up report; further news
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
discovery; detection; finding
stage show featuring superhero characters from tokusatsu films and TV series
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress