to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
connection; link; relationship
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
intelligence network; information network
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
construction; establishment
temporary construction; temporary establishment; provisional construction; assumption; supposition
patrol car; police car; squad car; cruiser
massing (of troops); gathering
offender; criminal; culprit
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
police officer; policeman; constable
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
binoculars; field glasses
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
hey; listen; look here; I say
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
they; those guys; those fellows
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up