suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
illustrated (with photographs)
(criminal) investigation headquarters
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
general manager; director-general
member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters
secretariat; executive office
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
knowing; (an) acquaintance
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
staying behind; remaining; residual
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
chemical substances; chemicals
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
hallucinogen; psychedelic
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
end; close; conclusion; termination
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end