provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
factory; plant; mill; workshop
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
Nippon Trust Bank Limited
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
such; like that; that sort of; very
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to take away; to carry away
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
largest amount of money; maximum amount of money
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
amount of money; sum of money
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
mobilization; mobilisation
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
major incident; major happening; big scandal
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly