(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
a second time; again; once more; twice
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
soldier; combatant; warrior
arrest; apprehension; capture
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
none of your business; not your concern
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
mask; disguise; guise; mask
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up