PR brochure; public relations magazine
operation scar; scar from an operation
(raining) heavily; (water rushing) plentily; with white noise; with a buzz
reform bill; reform proposal; amendment
forensic researcher; crime scene investigator
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
(arch.) arm (esp. upper arm); counter used to measure the thickness of round objects
quick; rapid; swift; satisfactory
brand items; brand-name goods
condition; state of preservation
atrocious crime; heinous crime
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
specimen; sample; object to be examined
Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to wash again; to reconsider
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; becoming invalid or void after a set time; ageing; aging
unsettled; pending; unresolved
central government office; head office; this office
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
please be careful; please take care