inner-city area; city center
until now; so far; up to the present
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
riskiness; (level of) danger
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
classification; categorization; sorting
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
ordinary citizen; the general public
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
license system; licence system; permit system; approval basis
neighbourhood; neighborhood
the same generation; coeval
advanced level; high grade; senior
government worker; public servant; civil servant
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
a few years ago; some years back
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
official announcement; proclamation
not necessarily so; is not always true