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presiding judge

4

witness

2

narrowness; being cramped; being almost full

6

river; stream; River; the ... river

6

witness stand or box

1

to; towards; for

3

public prosecutor

2

you; dear; honey

6

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

60

accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar

3

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

6

leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group

1

Yano

6

Shuuichi

1

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

24

de facto marriage; common-law marriage; living together as husband and wife without formal marriage

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

67

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

9

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

11

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

11

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

48

he; him; boyfriend

4

together (with); at the same time; in a lump

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

8

witnessing; observing; sighting

1

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

18

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

59

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

2

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

11

to state; to express; to mention

1

please (give me); please (do for me)

2

foreign country

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

96

drug cartel; drug ring; drug syndicate

1

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

1

stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)

1

transactions; dealings; business

2

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

13

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

3

stir; commotion; noise

1

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

1

then; well; so; be; is

6

how many times?

1

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

21

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

1

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

9

narcotic; drug; dope

1

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

10

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

33

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

2