maid; helper; help; assistance
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
to put into order; to arrange (one's thoughts)
guess; conjecture; surmise
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
husband and wife; married couple
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
to be similar (to); to be akin (to); to be like
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
nature of one's business; business instinct
exhibition; display; putting on show
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
timewise; temporal; chronal
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
it's not like; it isn't as if
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation