very likely; very probable
crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
after that; afterwards; thereafter
cooperation; collaboration
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to find out; to discover; to detect
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
name; given name; first name
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
cooperation; collaboration
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda