management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
time to pay the piper; (lit.) time to pay the land tax (in kind)
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
(United States of) America; USA; US
long gloves; evening gloves; gauntlet
chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny; brightly; clearly
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
22nd day of the month; 22 days
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
police identification card
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
to wash again; to reconsider
piece of evidence; evidence
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan); to call 110; to call the police
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
being very busy; busyness
to steal; to rob; to take away
to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy