to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
drink; drinking; spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); stock market bucketing; bookmaking
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
open; public; official; overt
court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
killing time; staving off boredom
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
questioning (e.g. by police)
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
press club; correspondents' club
arrangement; pact; agreement
underground; unconventional; radical; shady
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
illumination; decorative lighting
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
time required; time taken; necessary time
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
while alive; during one's lifetime
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
intelligence agency; secret service
above-mentioned; above-named; above
to have a relationship; to have relations
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
pursuing liability; finding out who is at fault; trying to pin the blame on someone
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty