massage and possibly sexual services performed by a female high school student or young woman wearing a high school uniform
caddie (golf); caddy; (CD-ROM) caddy
former boyfriend; former girlfriend
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
designated organized crime group; designated criminal organisation; designated bōryokudan; designated yakuza group; group officially listed as criminal by the National Police Agency
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
report of death; notification of a death
hemorrhagic shock; haemorrhagic shock
pending; undecided; unconvicted; awaiting judgement
working exclusively for; working full-time (for)
local news section; the city desk
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
forensic researcher; crime scene investigator
economic world; financial circles; business community
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
single-lens reflex camera
big corporation; major firm; leading company
omitted character; omitted letter
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
bedridden; confined to bed
going unsolved; remaining unanswered
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
X-ray; roentgen (unit of ionizing radiation)
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit; to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart