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sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

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quiet; calm; leisurely; distant; far-off; boundless

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Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

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(police) detective; criminal matter

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department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

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general affairs section

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materials; data; document

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charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

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huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

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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.

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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digitization; digitalization

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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I; me; you; manservant

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

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now; the present time; just now; another; more

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work; job; labor; work

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be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

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the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

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event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

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the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

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truth; real situation

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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

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to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

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(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?

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pain; agony; bitterness

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to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

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shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

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to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

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death penalty; capital punishment

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to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

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man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

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single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell

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inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

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to make a list; to enumerate

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