chief (of police); head (of office)
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
difficult to ...; hard to ...
improvement in image (of someone or something); improving one's image
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
to solicit; to demand; to extort
son of a bitch; piece of shit
while; even though; despite
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
police officer; policeman; policewoman
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
obscene; indecent; dirty; improper
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
exactly as stated; verbatim
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to help each other; to cooperate
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
wedding ring; wedding band
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
"lucky" underwear (esp. panties), set aside for special dates
G; g; gram; (acceleration due to) gravity; giga-; gravitational constant; gauss
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on