telephone fraud where the caller pretends to be a relative of the victim
making appointment plans over the phone; telephone fraud where the caller pretends to be a relative of the victim
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
beautiful tree; tree producing beautiful flowers
about; concerning; as to; regarding
fugitive from justice; fugitive criminal
expert's written opinion or report
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
philandering; itch for women
omitted character; omitted letter
out of sight; in the background; unnoticed; (lit.) under the veranda
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
fishing harbour; fishing harbor
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
restaurant with only set meals
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics
to loiter around; to wander about
regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels