detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
cross; crossed; cruciform
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
arrest; apprehension; capture
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after