detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
soft-hearted; susceptible; sentimental; tender-hearted
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
clearheadedness; sharpness of mind
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
danger; peril; hazard; risk
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
superior; superiors; senior