matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
story; tale; talk; discussion
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
family; members of a family
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
serious condition; critical condition
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
last night; yesterday evening
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
police officer; policeman; policewoman
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
discovery; detection; finding
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
your husband; her husband
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop