employment en masse (esp. of middle and high school graduates from the rural districts during Japan's post-war economic boom)
visit; presence; attendance
beautiful tree; tree producing beautiful flowers
murder for pleasure; lust murder
weight stone (placed on pickles)
working exclusively for; working full-time (for)
mistaken arrest; arrest based on misidentification
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
questioning (e.g. by police)
country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law
finger marks; dirt from the hands
digitization; digitalization
smuggling (people); stowing away
Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)
recorder (e.g. tape recorder, time recorder); recording device; recorder (musical instrument); English flute
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
purity; homogeneity; unadorned
demesne; estate; private land; private property
wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions
the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
to exchange gunfire; to exchange shots
single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (e.g. in tennis)
this for sure; certainly is
unsettled; pending; unresolved
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
that year; same year; same age