what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
immediately; at once; instantly
departure; leaving; going away; recession
door (Western-style, car, 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.
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
neighbourhood; neighborhood
junior high school student; middle school pupil
underworld; underside of society
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
suffix for familiar person
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time