management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
Spain; Spanish (language)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
only recently; just of late
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
the real criminal; true culprit
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
guess; speculation; supposition
searching for someone; search for a missing person
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
source of revenue; financial supporter
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
negotiations; discussions; connection
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
settlement out of court; private settlement
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
police officer; policeman; constable
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing