(a) little; somewhat; somehow
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
evening; night; nighttime
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
to say; to be called; to do
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
material witness; suspect
cooperation; collaboration
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
story; tale; talk; discussion
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
offender; criminal; culprit
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
going home from work; on the way home from work
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
murder; homicide; manslaughter
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
group; party; team; squad; section
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other