shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
police identification card
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
I appreciate your efforts
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
pet cat; beloved cat; ailurophilia; fondness for cats
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
to relax; to feel at home
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging; trafficking
noted doctor; excellent physician
to be selected (from among many people)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
anything and everything; just about everything
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
prison sentence (without a stay of execution)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
policeman's rope; arresting (a criminal)
to need; to call for; to require
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls