yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away
number one; first; best; most; game; round
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to help; to save; to rescue
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
as usual; as is one's habit
honorific/polite/humble prefix
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
to offer (put up) resistance
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
in that way; thus; so; so?
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
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)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness