these days; nowadays; recently; lately
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
magazine; journal; periodical
killing and wounding; bloodshed
reform; renovation
murder; homicide; manslaughter
murder case
to guess; to sense; to presume; to judge
weed
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
bundle of banknotes; stack of bills
chatting; idle talk
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
insecticide; pesticide
rush; flood; deluge
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)
sugar
operation; functioning; running
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō
foster parent; foster parents
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay)
foster child
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish; to warn (against doing)
comprehension; understanding
to sense; to perceive; to notice; to discern; to become aware of
left wing
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus)
desert
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
Sahara Desert
patina; antique look
rust
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to rust; to become rusty
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
distinction; differentiation; discrimination
manners; etiquette; propriety
erosion control
Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms
changing completely; transformation
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool
to awaken; to arouse from sleep
obstruction; hindrance
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
cold (e.g. weather)
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
coldness
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
shark
to cool down; to get cold
to wake; to wake up
inquiry; enquiry; hearing
left and right; right and left
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
left wing