twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
during imprisonment; while in jail
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
well-behaved (model) prisoner; trusty (trustee)
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
one day; (on) a certain day
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
scoundrel; rascal; villain
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
and; thereupon; because of that
the real criminal; true culprit
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
how many people; a number of people
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
cultivator; farm tractor; tiller
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
neighbourhood; neighborhood