troublesome; annoying; complicated
hairstyle with hair cut short to typical men's hair length
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
surveillance camera; security camera
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
fingerprint recognition; fingerprint authentication
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
flour; meal; powder; heroin
middle of the night; dead of night
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
to go to the next stage (after failing to reach a conclusion); to be carried over (e.g. to the next meeting); to go into (a run-off, overtime, extra innings, etc.)
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
going straight home (without first returning to one's workplace); returning home directly
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
distant look; faraway look
11th day of the month; 11 days
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"