lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
heart attack; to have a heart attack
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
this world; this life; world of the living
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
(crime of) theft; (crime of) stealing; larceny
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area