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During Yakuza Lost Judgement, detective Watanabe says the line "we even have a
warrant", and the official japanese subtitles have the line written as
"逮捕状も出てる". To my knowledge, 逮捕状 (arrest warrant) should be read as "taihojou",
and yet that's clearly not what is said at all.

See the clip here: <https://files.catbox.moe/0w5lnp.mp4>

Official Japanese subtitles: [![official Japanese
subtitles](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Im75Y.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Im75Y.jpg)

To me, it sounds like he's saying "fuda" (meaning slip of paper). Is this
common slang? If so, I'd expect at least some furigana above 逮捕状 to indicate
the alternative reading. Else, is this just an error?
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What is being said here instead of 逮捕状 (taihojou [arrest warrant]) (from Yakuza Lost Judgement)?
Yes, it's ふだ (札 in kanji).

> ### [令状](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%A4%E7%8A%B6)
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> 司法警察職員の隠語では、令状を総称して、また逮捕状の意味で「フダ」（札）とも呼ぶ。

I think this is called ふだ because of its association with
[_ofuda_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofuda).

I don't know if this is a mistake or intentional. This is not a term everyone
knows, so replacing it for the sake of clarity is at least understandable. We
often see slang and sensitive words replaced with common words in
transcriptions of interviews with ordinary people, but it is rare to see the
same thing done in official subtitles of games.
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