I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
how; in what way; how about
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
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.
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
now; the present time; just now; another; more
violent crime; violent offense; violent criminal; perpetrator of a violent crime
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
organized crime group; yakuza group; police unit handling organized crime groups
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
feeling; sense; impression
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?