shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
interception; monitoring; tapping
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
legal; lawful; legitimate
result (of an election); success or defeat (in an election); winning or losing (a lottery, raffle, etc.)
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
movie; film; motion picture
to subsist; to keep on living
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
combined (concerted) efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
National Police Agency; NPA
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to make (someone) angry; to anger; to offend; to square (one's shoulders); to raise (one's voice) in anger; to make (one's eyes) glare
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
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)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
political fundraiser; organization that financially assists a political party
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
natural; reasonable; understandable
corporation; corporate body; company; legal entity; legal person; juridical person
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to hit each other; to exchange blows; to fight