to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
frost and dew; something fleeting; something transient; something short-lived
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
last night; yesterday evening
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
in this way; thus; such; uh...
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
while; during; while; although; all; both
to rise; to erect; to get up
to grieve; to lament; to deplore; to admire; to sigh in admiration
haori (Japanese formal coat)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
Japanese spaniel; Pekinese; chin
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled