management; administration; operation
stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place
tingling; stinging; pungently
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
forevermore; for eternity
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
in the future; another day; later
concession; conciliation; compromise
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
schedule; program; calendar
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
half a ken (approx. 0.9 m); half-sized tatami mat
last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
impossible to do (although wants to)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (currency of Japan); circle
to grant someone's request; to do a favour
cookie; biscuit; cookie; browser cookie
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
enemy territory; hostile place
prime location (for offices, housing, etc.); best district (in town); excellent piece of land
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
interior; inside; internal
taking someone away by force; transportation (e.g. for forced labor); forced transport (e.g. to a police station)