brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
central government office; head office; this office
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
name; given name; first name
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing