to stop walking; to pause
surroundings; environs; circumference
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
myself; yourself; I; me; you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
pupil; student; schoolchild
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)