confrontation; opposition; antagonism
interception (email); wiretap; bug
Kanagawa Prefectural Police (abbr)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter
stealthily; secretly; in secret
left wing; left wing (of a bird or aircraft); left wing (of an army, building, etc.); left flank; left field; left fielder
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
smooth (i.e. without problems)
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
white paper (government report)
organization chart; organisation chart
public peace; public safety; public security; security police
not under observation; not on one's radar; unmarked (player); unguarded; unmarked (item, etc.); without a mark
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
illustrated (with photographs)
(criminal) investigation headquarters
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
prefectural police headquarters
National Police Agency; NPA
member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters