individual; private person; personal; private
life and death; life or death
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
interference; intervention; meddling
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
mental; spiritual; emotional
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
180 degrees; complete change
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
increase in (expansion of) demand
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
returning from school; going home from school
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to palm off; to force a sale
solution; solution strategy
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
government-controlled gambling; municipally operated gambling
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
liquor tax; tax on alcohol
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence