vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
hot topic; talk of the town
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
after that; afterwards; thereafter
going along voluntarily to be questioned by police
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
by means of; due to; because of; according to
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to manage something successfully; to be successful
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
impression; strong belief (of the judge); conviction
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate