inundation; submersion; flood
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
to be in danger of; to be liable to
inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos
victim (of a crime, esp. murder)
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
slip-up; mistake; fault; (arch.) waste; (arch.) needless expense
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
consumer electronics; home appliances
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
boy; son; baby boy; young man
indicate reason; infers some protest
you (plural); all of you; you all
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible