autopsy; inquest; investigation of death
government service; the bureaucracy
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
document; official papers
passing through without stopping; passing by
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
in accordance with plans; just as planned
diversionary tactics (maneuvering); disguise; hide by camouflage
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
calm; composed; cool; quiet
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
early closing; finishing (work) early
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
personage; person (deserving of respect)
to bury; to embed; to implant
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
general election (of the lower house)
edict; public announcement
fight outside the stadium; fighting outside the ring
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
same-day counting of ballots
massing (of troops); gathering
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)