superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
order; directive; instructions; command
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
defence forces; defence corps
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
intelligence gathering; information gathering
strength; power; proficiency; ability
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
National Police Agency; NPA
to take (be in) charge of
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
group; party; team; squad; section
surveillance camera; security camera
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
one's place of appointment; one's post
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to keep watch (e.g. on a suspect); to be on the lookout (for); to spend a lot of money (on); to treat oneself (to); to paste; to stick
(police) detective; criminal matter
eating habits; diet; dietary pattern
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
blank email (e.g. for signing up to an email list)
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement