smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
number one; first; best; most; game; round
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
time; season; period; phase; stage
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
married man or woman; housekeeping
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
change of occupation; career change
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to have an eye on; to zero in on
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
household search (conducted by the police)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
un-; non-; negative prefix