to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
police officer; policeman; constable
suited figure; person in a suit
tall figure; high stature
(police) detective; criminal matter
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
a few years ago; some years back
robbery; robbery case; burglary
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
flight; desertion; escape
chief; main; principal; important
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
danger; peril; hazard; risk
race (of people); type of person
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
arrest; apprehension; capture
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
dark (color); concentrated; thick
dark blue ground; dark blue cloth