café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
in the hospital; hospitalized
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to appear in the newspaper
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
marginal village; depopulated village where most inhabitants are senior citizens
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
vacant house; unoccupied house
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
police substation; residential police box
than; other than; except; but
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying