disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
bright sunshine; broad daylight
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author
private funds; own funds; private property
Aihara Mariko (1947.2.22-)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (US); FBI
heterosexuality; heterosexual love
single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone
difficult to ...; hard to ...
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
person in charge; official; attendant
Chinese smoked and salted ham