necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
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.
knowing; (an) acquaintance
don't you think?; indicates question
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
river; stream; River; the ... river
dry riverbed; river beach
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
discovery; detection; finding
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
journal; magazine; periodical
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
police; police officer; police station
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
now; soon; already; yet; further; more