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voyage; passage; travelling

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shyster; pettifogger; unscrupulous lawyer; crooked lawyer

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cross-examination

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to wash again; to reconsider

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hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock

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to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail

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wedding

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to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches

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plastic container (e.g. gas can, water can or similar)

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being in tune (with each other); being on the same wavelength; being leaked (of information, secrets, etc.); (passing through) without hindrance; unobstructed

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to cut; to slit; to cut open

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outside telephone line; outer circle

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forensic researcher; crime scene investigator

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career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility

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to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

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potassium cyanide

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to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin

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110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)

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cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor

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fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax

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sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar

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repentance; confession; penitence

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prison

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fax; facsimile; fax machine

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double date

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police superintendent

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Yamada

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excessive bleeding; massive bleeding

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kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil

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penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service

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change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

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to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance

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disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress

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material witness; suspect

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having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about

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half in fun

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wedding dress

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administrator; director; commissioner

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pangs of conscience

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whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

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undertaking; underwriting; acceptance

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to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die

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empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)

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wrapping paper

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jurisdiction

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undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck

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dressing up

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counsel; defender; advocate

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greeting; a fine thing to say

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desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires

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