privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
arrest; apprehension; capture
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
process; course; mechanism
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
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)
Japanese person; Japanese people
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
barber; barbershop; barber shop
that's the way it is; such is life
Taklamakan Shamo desert; Takla Makan desert
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to pick up; to find; to gather
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do