consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
artificial intelligence; AI
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to have a rumor circulating
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
adviser; advisor; consultant
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
association of like-minded people
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
machine parts; machinery; equipment
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
(the) executive; administration; leadership
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon