to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
at the last moment; this late in the game
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
(find) common (meeting) ground
to cross the line; to go too far
research and development; R&D
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
house of a prince of the blood
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
human rights; civil liberties
right (to do something); authority; power
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
derailment; digression; deviation
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...