espionage network; intelligence network
supply line; line of communications
bureau director; office chief
organization chart; organisation chart
to make a mistake; to blunder
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed
Reconstruction Agency (established after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake)
stand-in; proxy; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to one's remaining ramen broth)
worthy of special mention
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
woman who has divorced and moved back to her parents; moving back to one's parents after getting divorced; leaving and then returning (to a company, etc. one has previously left); leaving from and returning to the same port (of a ship)
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
surrenderer; person who surrenders
Department of Justice (US); Ministry of Justice (1871-1948)
non-prosecution; decision not to prosecute; dropping of charges; disposition not to prosecute
reinstatement; reappointment
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
your body; your health; yourself; you
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to manage; to arrange; to see to (a matter); to consult (with); to talk (to)
change in the law; legal reform
change in appearance; transformation
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
to be born under a (certain) star; to be born with a certain destiny; to be fated
to tread on thin ice; to walk on thin ice; to take a grave risk; to be in a precarious situation
to eat up; to consume (completely)
I shouldn't say this, but
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort
exposing; unmasking; laying bare