search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to put to trial; to argue in court
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
arrest rate; clear-up rate; crime-arrest ratio
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
full (of a container, vessel, etc.); filled to the brim; packed; filled (with people); full
trial; judgement; judgment
restoration of public order
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
what kind of; what sort of; what
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
mohawk (hairstyle); mohican
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake (1995)
studio apartment; studio flat
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
repeated occurrence; frequently occurring
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
avalanche; snowslide; avalanche; avalanche jōseki
continuous; nonstop; consecutive; removing partitions (to create an open space); joining separate rooms into one
professional job; profession
temporary employment; temporary employee
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
natural disaster; cataclysm
anarchy; state of anarchy
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence