to make (a person) pay for (something)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
guard; sentinel; garrison
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
illegal channel; back channel; black market
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
number of persons; personnel
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
first thing in the morning
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
chief clerk (in a shop, managing affairs on the owner's behalf); head clerk; store manager
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
greedy; ruthless; cruel; exploitative
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
night duty; night shift; night work
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
transfer; assignment; conveyance
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
senior; veteran; old-timer
sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff