something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
police officer; policeman; constable
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
on bad terms; at loggerheads
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
(and) yet; but; for all that; nevertheless
thinking so highly of someone that you are blind to their faults; thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
to be found; to be discovered
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
within eyeshot; within sight; in view
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
parental love; parental affection
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth
I see; that's right; indeed
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
danger; peril; hazard; risk
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
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
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box