illegal; illicit; unlawful
murder; homicide; manslaughter
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
correction; rectification; mending; repair
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
change of occupation; career change
business trip; official trip
hard to reach place; remote place
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
mostly involve; principally involve
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
depopulation; declining population
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
same village; same town; same province
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex