punishment without a legal trial; vigilantism
leak of official secrets; leaking of confidential information
significance (esp. in statistics)
sequencer; programmable logic controller; PLC
bioterrorism; biological terrorism
central government ministries and agencies
exceptional measures; measures for exceptional cases; preferential measure
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
office job; clerical work
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
to be lacking in options; to be too few
multilateral; many-sided; diversified
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
to be frank; to drop all pretense
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
autopsy; inquest; investigation of death
stochastic; probabilistic
argument based on emotion; sentimental argument
quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
overconfident; presumptuous
to rule; to govern; to administer
respiratory tract; air duct
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
personal identification number; PIN; password number
life and death; life or death