to understand; to make out
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless
trio; gang of three; threesome
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
clerk; office worker; office staff
investigation; research; looking something up
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
to move (house); to change residence
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
police cell; place of detention; jail
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
intimidation; threat; bluster
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area
but; however; provided that
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
plastics; synthetic resins
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
safekeeping; temporary custody; claim check; deposit receipt; matter left undecided; unresolved issue
(another's) daughter; young lady
high molecular compound; high polymer
organic; organic chemistry; organic compound
macromolecule; high polymer
arranging; ordering; sequence (e.g. DNA sequence); arrangement; array
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
compensation; amends; redeeming feature
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
distant look; faraway look