daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
dining; dining room; meal
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
neighbourhood; neighborhood
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
offender; criminal; culprit
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
back street; back alley; off-street
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
woman; female; feminine gender
to be found; to be discovered
police; police officer; police station
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
by means of; due to; because of; according to
(criminal) investigation headquarters
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward