each place; various places
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
such; this sort of; like this
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
interior; inside; internal
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
as; because; with; due to
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
intelligence gathering; information gathering
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
back street; back alley; slums
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
that field; the authorities (esp. the police)
to be well-known; to be famous