apartment building; housing complex
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
middle of the night; dead of night
white background; blank; female virgin
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
commencing with; including
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
so what!; who gives a damn?
juvenile division (police); juvenile section
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
to invite in; to show someone in
such; like that; in that way
shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake
homogenization (e.g. milk)
to put it in an extreme way; to put it in extreme terms
regarding as an enemy; treating as an enemy
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
hard-to-use space (in an apartment, etc.); dead space (artillery, etc.); (respiratory) dead space
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
caller; visitor; company; guest
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden