May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
citizens' campaign; citizens' group
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
demonstrator; marcher; picketer
100,000; hundred thousand
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
rejoining one's army unit
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
of course; certainly; naturally
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to tower; to rise; to soar
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
opposite side; other side; other party
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream