as (for); for; in the capacity of
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
Miyazaki (city, prefecture)
stabbing to death; putting out
illegal; illicit; unlawful
usurer; usury; loansharking
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
lender; creditor; landlord
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
to be surprised; to be astonished
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
surname; family name; last name
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
generation; the world; the age
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
document; official papers
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area