to keep a watchful eye on
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
ID card; identification card
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to wait for an opportunity
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
strong pressure; heavy pressure
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
theory of retribution; retributivism; retributive justice
to hoist; to lift up; to (crowd around and) rebuke; to (gang up and) criticize; to reproach severely
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
student of a girls' school
furious facial expression
listening device; bug; wiretap
communism; Communist Party
to watch for an unguarded moment
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
consensus; collective will; collective opinion