ordinary citizen; the general public
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
middle of the night; dead of night
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
consequence; outcome; result; blame
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
recuperation; medical treatment
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
mental derangement; madness; insanity