parity; having borne children; parous
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
campaign stop; stop on a speaking tour
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
how; in what way; how about
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
in that way; thus; so; so?
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous