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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

102

stalker; stoker

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

85

younger sister

5

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

80

killing; murder

1

offender; criminal; culprit

1

already; too late

2

death; mortality; to die; to pass away

2

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

6

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

136

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

1

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

5

detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

20

god of death; death deity; Death

15

now; the present time; just now; another; more

7

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

18

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

10

revenge

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

8

vice; immorality; corruption

3

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

4

to become; to amount to

1

domestic violence

4

shelter

1

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

2

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

6

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

1

wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)

10

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

6

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

1

to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

1

group; mass

2

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

75

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

26

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

2

Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

2

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

3

lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

4

(police) detective; criminal matter

1

cooperation; collaboration

1

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

3

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

1

delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition

2

actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

11

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

1

victim; injured party; sufferer

2

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

4