inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
in turns; alternately; in order
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
the staff; inside the department
small fraction; small proportion
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
to care for someone; to look after someone
to help each other; to cooperate
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
side effect; adverse reaction
inquisitive (e.g. look); questioning; quizzical; interrogative
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe