to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
central government office; head office; this office
cooperation; collaboration
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
secrecy; highly classified information
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to grimace; to make a wry face
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
of course; certainly; naturally
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
vice; immorality; corruption
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial