independent action; acting alone
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
hostess (in a hostess bar)
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
until now; so far; up to the present
individual; private person; personal; private
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
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
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...