black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
Public Safety Bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
extrajudicial; extralegal; supralegal
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
one day; (on) a certain day
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
(police) detective; criminal matter
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
to some extent; to a certain extent
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
address; address; email address; addressing (the ball)
check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
router (networking device); router (woodworking tool)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed