station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
criticism; commentary; review
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
repeated occurrence; frequently occurring
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
public peace; public safety; public security; security police
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
Yasuda Auditorium (at Tokyo University, site of violent student protest in 1969)
literally; to the letter; literal
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
business district; office complex
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
megalopolis; megacity; supercity
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
farmland; rice field or paddy
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
setting on fire; setting afire
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
thousands; several thousand
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into