phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to be silent; to say nothing
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
(some) more; even more; longer; further
suited figure; person in a suit
telephone bill; telephone rate
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
god of death; death deity; Death
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
Public Prosecutor's Office
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
two (long cylindrical things)
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...