man; male; masculine gender
beginning; outset; first; onset
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
follow-up report; further news
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
to be found; to be discovered
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
suffix for familiar person
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
story; tale; talk; discussion
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
genuine article; real thing; real deal
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
murder; killing; murderer
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word