one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed
and (also); both ... and; as well as
treatment; service; handling; management
to not believe one's ears
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
lawless area; lawless district
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
fluent (in a language); flowing
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman
British person; Briton; English person; Englishman; Englishwoman
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to be affected by another's misfortune; to get caught up in trouble not of one's own making
smuggler; bootlegger; illicit dealer; trafficker
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
to raid; to storm; to launch an attack (on); to mount an assault (on)
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to twist (e.g. someone's arm); to wrench
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
to torture to death; to toy with (someone) until dead; to inflict a slow and painful death