perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to be consistent; to be coherent
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
wife; Mrs; proprietress; landlady; large women's size (clothing)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
in search of; in order to look for
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
popular person; favorite; favourite
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
police; police officer; police station
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment