border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
offender; criminal; culprit
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
passenger (on a ship or aircraft)
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
video camera; video camcorder
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
one by one; in detail; minutely
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
to explain away; to answer evasively
to keep a watchful eye on
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
real thing; original; actual
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
confinement to one's home; being made to stay at home
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
just because; even if; even though
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
(not) even once; (not) ever
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to temper thoroughly; to train well
context (of a passage); line of thought; context (of a matter, event, etc.); circumstances; background
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper