launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party
to need; to call for; to require
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
first time; first; initial
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
negotiation team; negotiating body
financier; business leader
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
degenerate; pervert; deviant
what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
meeting; greeting; welcome
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
tenth day of the month; ten days
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
page in the history books; historical (event); old news
chief; main; principal; major
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
(one's) quota; assignment