condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
discovery; detection; finding
presumption; assumption; estimation
time; season; period; phase; stage
to wring the neck; to strangle
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
straying; wandering (off course)
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
why; how; for what reason
(dead) body; corpse; remains
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed