front company (for an organized crime operation)
early-onset dementia; presenile dementia
to commit a robbery; to burgle
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga)
short essay; pamphlet; tract
elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
(positive) economic effect
country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
going along voluntarily to be questioned by police
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.
robbery and murder; murder during robbery
under examination; under test (e.g. device); on trial
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
police cell; place of detention; jail
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
chronological order; time series
last ray of hope; only hope
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
remaining silent; keeping secret
ongoing; in progress; afoot
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella