(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives)
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
due form; official; formality
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
almost every day; almost daily
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
internal organ; viscera; gut
effect; result; worth; use; avail
nonviolence; non-harming; ahimsa
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
burned down; entirely destroyed
half-burnt; half-done; half-baked; rare
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
neighbouring house; neighboring house