center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
headquarters; head office; main office
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to have an eye on; to zero in on
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
initial investigation (by police)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
for this very reason; that is exactly why
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
funeral; burial; condolence
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
don't you think?; indicates question
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
robbery; robbery case; burglary
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
unsolved; unresolved; unsettled; pending; outstanding
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...