scuba; self-contained under-water breathing apparatus
person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; (lit.) hotpot boss
open criminal investigation
complicity (in a crime); collusion
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
emergency deployment (police, etc.); emergency posting
inauguration; installation ceremony
underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
roofed mud wall around a villa or temple
scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying
opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.); mysid
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing
retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
very likely; very probable
living by oneself; living alone
autopsy; inquest; investigation of death
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
dullard; indecisive person
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
pharmaceutical (drug) company
exposure to wind; severe criticism
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
(criminal) investigation headquarters
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person