increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
way (of doing); manner; method; means
being the runner-up; finishing second
newly compiled; newly edited
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
when it becomes; when it comes to
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
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)
but; however; provided that
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
nonprosecution; nonindictment
release; liberation; acquittal
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck