bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
police drama (television); detective drama
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
all over Japan; throughout Japan
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
competent authorities; supervisory authority
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
main; principal; chief; primary; major
police; police officer; police station
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
organic; coordinated; working in a coordinated fashion
making efficient; optimization
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
dealing with; coping with
ministries and government offices; the authorities
cooperation; coordination; link
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to lie deep in; to extend far back
conference room; council room
dark (menswear) suit (midnight blue, black, etc.)