claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
area; region; district; locality
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner
I don't want to boast but
sports-minded; sports-oriented
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to care for someone; to look after someone
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
act of violence; violent behavior
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
to hand (over); to deliver in person
material; materials; data; information; documents
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
changing completely; transformation
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol