ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
cooperation; collaboration
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
this world; this life; world of the living
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
turning to the left; left turn
no photographs; no photography
right beside; close to; nearby
back seat (of a car); rear seat
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
somehow; for some reason or other
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat