government office-building complex
number two; mistress; concubine
(large) building; public building; hall
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
unsolved; unresolved; unsettled; pending; outstanding
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
to become fully formed; to take proper shape
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
leaving everything up to someone else
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
to be full of pride; to be boastful
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
temporary retirement; leave of absence; suspension from office
benefiting from the fame or influence of a parent; riding a parent's coat-tails
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
police officer; policeman; constable
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
thinking so highly of someone that you are blind to their faults; thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly