Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
adaptability; flexibility
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
street at night; making a night journey
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
while moving; on the move
(wireless) transceiver; radio; walkie-talkie
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
camouflage clothing; camouflage uniform
shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
several people; a few people
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
happōshu; (category of) low-malt beers; sparkling wine; sparkling liquor; sparkling alcohol
long segment of a noh play forming its musical highlight; wrong; improper; indecent
quick; prompt; alert; smart; clever; astute
without thinking of the consequences
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
growing thickly; growing densely
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin