to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
koi-koi (type of hanafuda game); koi koi
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
one person; another name; nickname; alias
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
large crowd; mass of people
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
influence; clout; leverage
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); scooter; moped
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
branch office; police box; local police station