individual; private person; personal; private
to lose sight of; to miss
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
large amount of money; great cost
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
(the) executive; administration; leadership
to solicit; to demand; to extort
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
operating officer; company executive
last night; yesterday evening
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
nonprosecution; nonindictment
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
adviser; advisor; consultant
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
negotiations; discussions; connection
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
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)
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to grumble; to gripe; to complain