enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
major incident; major happening; big scandal
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
in general; generally; usually
keeping a secret; secrecy; confidentiality
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
human-interest article; page-three news; police news
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian
degree of familiarity; popularity
rope; cord; policeman's rope
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
killing and wounding; bloodshed
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
in person; personally; directly
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
main cause; primary factor
home area; home town; local
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
to state; to express; to mention
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
however; having said that; but
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
in proportion to; according to; depending on