that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
junior high school student; middle school pupil
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
offender; criminal; culprit
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
beginning; outset; first; onset
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
originally; by nature; from the start
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
tattling; telling on (someone)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case