with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
bribe; sweetener; douceur
nose medicine (e.g. nasal spray); bribe; hush money; soothing sweets (for a child)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
carrying (on one's person); taking with one
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
harm; injury; evil (influence)
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
way to shoot; how to shoot
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
lock pick; lock-opening tools
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
father and mother; parents
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
survivor's pension or annuity
person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception
discrimination; discernment; identification
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
senior high school; high school
police headquarters; main office; this office
both in name and reality; both in name and substance