change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
sovereign; emperor; monarch
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
general public; the masses
interception (email); wiretap; bug
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
plaintiff; accuser; prosecutor
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
notice; attention; observation
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
to detain; to take into custody
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
to come to an end; to close the curtain
expiration of a term of service
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
in general; generally; usually
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty