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by means of; due to; because of; according to

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to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

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to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

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however; but

4

serial murders

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in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

1

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

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prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

1

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

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child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

4

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

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testimony; (verbal) evidence

2

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

2

daughter

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news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

1

member of the Lower House

1

grandchild

1

bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy

1

prefectural police

4

to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

1

implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

1

in this way; thus; such; uh...

3

to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)

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motive; incentive; motif

3

revenge

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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

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to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

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to be found

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when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

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muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

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house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

2

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

1

bakery; baker; pastry shop

1

neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town

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to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

2

two

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acquaintance

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funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

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witnessing; observing; sighting

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both (people)

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(criminal) investigation headquarters

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to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead

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creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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