detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
how many years; how long; what year
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
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)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to recall; to remember; to recollect
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
(police) detective; criminal matter
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
debt collection; debt collector
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
marriage fraud; fake marriage
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
and; thereupon; because of that