people; citizens; subjects; folk
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
(single-industry) industrial union
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
pursuing liability; finding out who is at fault; trying to pin the blame on someone
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
exceptionally effective; overwhelming effectiveness
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
pochette; pouch (usu. hung from the shoulder by a long cord)
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
company housing; housing provided by one's company