past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
offender; criminal; culprit
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
(police) detective; criminal matter
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
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
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
police officer; policeman; policewoman
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase