dam; weir; barrier; sluice
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to be found; to be discovered
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
administrator; director; commissioner
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
consultation; discussion; conference; collusion; bid-rigging
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
relation; connection; relevance
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
assistant professor; associate professor
fifth day of the month; five days
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
police; police officer; police station
antiques; old works of art
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)