average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
house search (e.g. by the police)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
witnessing; observing; sighting
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
a few years ago; some years back
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
large number (of); many; majority
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to be found; to be discovered
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
single word; a few words; brief comment
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
speaking voice; talking voice
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
residing; living; dwelling
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of