mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
deductive powers; reasoning capability; reasoning skill
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
how; in what way; by what means
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to