wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
plural; multiple; several
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
each prefecture; all prefectures
taxation office serving a specific area; competent tax office; police station with jurisdiction for a precinct, etc.; competent police station
cooperation; coordination; link
to take command; to give direction
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
police investigator; investigator
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
mid-range; mid-scale; mid-size
job; work; duties; trade; skill
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
chief (of police); head (of office)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to rank next to; to come after
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
edict; public announcement
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
almost; roughly; approximately
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like