awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
initial investigation (by police)
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
unsettled; pending; unresolved
continuation; succession; series
bizarre murder; grotesque murder
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
river; stream; River; the ... river
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
nature park; natural park
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
really; truly; indeed; good grief
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
meaning; significance; sense
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
official announcement; proclamation
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
offender; criminal; culprit
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
breakthrough; great discovery
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back