crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
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
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
alone; by oneself; on one's own
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
how long; how far; how much
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
the other day; lately; recently
story; tale; talk; discussion
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
because of; owing to; due to
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted