chicken bones; chicken carcass
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
postwar period; period after Second World War
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
other than; excluding; without
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
to refer to; to use as reference
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
person concerned; interested party; related party
going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
newspaper story (article, account)
back issue (of a publication); back-number
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; heartwood
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)
although; though; despite the fact that ...