"Kiritsu! (起立! All rise!)" cries the court clerk. The judges — three saibankan (裁判官, professional judges) and six saibanin (裁判員, lay judges), Reiko Keyes among them — take their places. Reiko is surprised at how full the courtroom is. It's manseki (満席, a full house). The case has drawn a lot of attention in the masukomi (マスコミ, media). Evidently curiosity is running high.
The spectators resume their seats. The kōhan (公判, trial) is in session.
The kensatsukan (検察官 , prosecutor) rises. Reiko is struck by his appearance. Though young, he is almost bald and bordering on himan (肥満, obese). He would look just right, it occurs to her, on a poster warning of metabo (メタボ, metabolic syndrome). His naturally hearty, hogaraka (朗らか, cheerful) manner seems out of place in a hōtei (法廷, courtroom). But his voice as he reads the kisojō (起訴状, indictment) is powerful and impressive.