hectic; topsy-turvy; chaotic
police; police officer; police station
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
official name; formal name
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
besides; moreover; in addition
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
senior high school; high school
second-year student; biennial
the same generation; coeval
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
wearing one's hair in braids
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)
society; the world; the times
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
family; members of a family
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
(police) detective; criminal matter
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
leader of a delegation (body, party)
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
police officer; policeman; policewoman