danger; peril; hazard; risk
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
inside; interior; inner part
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
metallic sound; metallic clank
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
offender; criminal; culprit
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
flight; desertion; escape
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
female university student; female college student
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
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.
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
discovery; detection; finding
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
living by oneself; living alone
woman; female; feminine gender
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry