secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
name; given name; first name
continuation; succession; series
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
arm; skill; efforts; ability
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
professor; teaching; instruction
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
honorific/polite/humble prefix
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
mysterious thief; phantom thief
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge