detective agency; enquiry agency
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
intelligence gathering; information gathering
Japanese Council of Social Welfare
escorted person; person being guarded; ballast tamper; tamping machine
unfair practices; wrongdoing; malpractice; cheating; foul play
civil affairs; civil case
several items; many items
classified telephone directory
place of residence; dwelling place
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
express home delivery (by the Kuroneko Yamato company); door-to-door parcel delivery; courier service
compensation; remuneration; secret funds
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
different item; different lot
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
Budget Committee (of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet); budget committee
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
deputy secretary (government); deputy director
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
cabinet (of a government); ministry
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
regular election (triennial election of half of the House of Councillors)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability