N-system (automatic number-plate recognition system)
murder for pleasure; lust murder
final appeal to the highest court
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
taxation office serving a specific area; competent tax office; police station with jurisdiction for a precinct, etc.; competent police station
Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica); Japanese boxwood
communality; community; having something in common
trailer (film, TV); preview
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
undiscovered; not found; unexplored
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
stab wound; puncture wound; bite (e.g. from a insect); sting; prick
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
telop; television opaque projector; device used to broadcast onscreen text (e.g. subtitles, captions); onscreen text and images (e.g. subtitles, captions, scrolling tickers, logos)
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
criminal nature; criminality
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
administrator; director; commissioner
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
to annoy; to cause trouble
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
wedding ring; wedding band
breakthrough; great discovery
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that