earth dug out of a construction site
disposal site; disposal plant
poison suicide; suicide by poisoning
law enforcement authority; police authorities; the police
telephone threat (e.g. of a bomb)
(crime of) theft; (crime of) stealing; larceny
to extort (money); to blackmail
starvation; famine; hunger
police substation; residential police box
semiconductor; solid-state
discretion; consideration; allowance
house search (e.g. by the police)
settlement out of court; private settlement
material witness; suspect
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
licence; license; permit; certificate (of qualification)
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
cash bonus; reward; bounty
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
delivery; transfer; hand-over
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
adopted daughter; foster daughter
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
in the same manner as before; the same as always
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
as soon as possible; ASAP
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (in TV, social media, etc.)
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment