person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
Hirata Akihiko (1927.12.16-1984.7.25)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
on the occasion of; at the time of
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
(criminal) investigation headquarters
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
National Research Institute of Police Science
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all