alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box; alcohol (esp. sake) sold in a small wooden box
standing; regular; permanent
noninvolvement; nonintervention; neutrality
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
rights to usage of one's likeness
life imprisonment; imprisonment for life; indefinite imprisonment
civil affairs; civil case
counter for things inside a bag
degradation over time; time-related deterioration
under the staircase; understairs
detective agency; enquiry agency
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties
diversionary tactics (maneuvering); disguise; hide by camouflage
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
to wash again; to reconsider
filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; becoming invalid or void after a set time; ageing; aging
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky