important person; strategic person; key figure
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
failing to be elected; election defeat; losing an election; not being accepted (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); rejection; failing to win a prize
window-shopping; window-gazing
to extort (money); to blackmail
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
drop dead; go to hell; fuck you
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
to be stripped of all one has
priority; order of precedence
within; inside of; less than
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
assembling a criminal case
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
each and all; every single one; everybody
reduction of penalty; commutation of a sentence
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
right and wrong; good and evil
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
plump; chubby; voluptuous
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
world; society; people; the public
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
unofficial report; confidential report