identification papers; ID
under ... years of age; less than ... years old
statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
specific area; specified region; designated area
intensive; concentrated; focused
one's whole heart; everything one feels
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
trial; judgement; judgment
human rights; civil liberties
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
lost property; something dropped and left behind
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
rice and curry; curry rice
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
sleeping together in a huddle
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
ringing; throbbing violently
decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
sweeping sideways; mowing down
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to become lukewarm; to become tepid
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
to complain; to make a complaint
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally