ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
(police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing; investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.
accounts section; accounting section
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
sleeper; sleeping person; wearable blanket; sleeper agent; sleeper (bowling)
retirement at one's own request
initial investigation (by police)
putting one's affairs in order; ordering one's affairs; tidying up
suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense
senior superintendent; police inspector
complicity (in a crime); collusion
poly-; polyethylene; police; polyphonic
to refuse; to decline; to deny
examination hall; examination room; laboratory; experimental station; testing ground
staff member; station employee; official
assembling a criminal case
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
highly unpredictable; touch and go
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
change of schedule; schedule change
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
lucky omen; happy; auspicious
cotton gloves; working gloves
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys