inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)
patrol car; police car; squad car; cruiser
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
police officer; policeman; policewoman
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
in the city; within the city
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
husband and wife; married couple
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
(ice cream) cone; (speaker) cone; (traffic) cone; corn; maize
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
handbrake; parking brake; emergency brake
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
mountain hunt; combing the mountains (for a criminal, etc.)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
fields (of rice and other crops)
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
protuberance; projection; prominence; protrusion; bump; boss
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
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)
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine