police; police officer; police station
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
drinking bout; merrymaking
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
moule; common (blue) mussel
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
to sob; to be choked with tears
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to stop walking; to pause
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
lariat; slip noose; lasso; lariat (wrestling); clothesline
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance