honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
going to and fro; back and forth
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
prohibition; inhibition; ban
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
at that time; in those days
inspector general; commissioner
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
knowing; (an) acquaintance
(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to be found; to be discovered
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
impression of the teeth; tooth mold (mould); tooth mark; teeth marks
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
discovery; detection; finding
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.