camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
government service; the bureaucracy
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
charm; incantation; spell; curse
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
leader; central personage
coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.)
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
separate case; another matter
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
mask; disguise; guise; mask
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
interference; intervention; meddling
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews
major incident; major happening; big scandal
the big two...; two major...; two main...
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
intelligence or information network
just-harvested; something freshly harvested or gathered (usually produce)
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
with a broad grin; smirking