petitioning (an administration) for redress; suing civilly to seek redress (for a court's action); lodging an appeal
uncle (older than one's parent)
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
relieving oneself; going to the toilet; finishing one's business
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
horseplay; fooling around
multi-person cell; shared cell
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
compendium of laws; statute books; (lit.) complete book of the Six Codes
to get into trouble; to get busted
early (prompt) settlement; swift resolution; speedy solution
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
meeting; rendezvous; romantic encounter; date
country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law
exceeding one's authority; abusing one's legal authority; ultra vires activities
police van; paddy wagon; prisoner transport vehicle
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
(principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie; peace-at-any-price; don't rock the boat
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
Tochigi prefecture (Kanto area)
pup; puppy; whelp; damn dog; mutt
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
headship of a family; family property
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
prison officer; corrections officer; penal officer; prison guard; jailor; warder
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought