Muromachi-period texts or annotations of texts used in Zen lectures; extracting from or excerpting (a classic)
soft-hearted; susceptible; sentimental; tender-hearted
open criminal investigation
location of a press conference; press conference room
watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
press release; announcement
PR brochure; public relations magazine
number of views (videos, etc.); view count
to make worse (e.g. disease); to aggravate; to complicate
police affairs; military police
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence
(being) off night duty; end of a night shift
confinement to one's home; being made to stay at home
polish (jewels); cultivation
exposure by washing away; washing out; exposed aggregate (finish); exposed aggregate concrete; revealing the grain of cedar boards by washing and scrubbing; finding out (after an extensive search or investigation)
change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly
premises search; household search
thread (of execution); thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation
going along voluntarily to be questioned by police
big corporation; major firm; leading company
compassionate; sympathetic
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
robbery and murder; murder during robbery
absence from work without permission
aster (Aster tataricus); Tartarian aster; Michaelmas daisy
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
critical (condition); serious
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions