front; frontage; facade; main
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
police drama (television); detective drama
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
equilibrium; good balance; poise
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
small change; coins; small sum of money
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
to be needed; to be wanted
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
intelligence gathering; information gathering
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
outside of one's area of expertise
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct