penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up
for example; for instance; e.g.
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
town lawyer; community lawyer; local lawyer
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
really; truly; indeed; good grief
because of; owing to; due to
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
discovery; detection; finding
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
criminal nature; criminality
man; male; masculine gender
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent