police; police officer; police station
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
study; diligence; discount; reduction
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to accept; to receive; to agree
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to have a rumor circulating
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
than; from; out of; except; but; more
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
feeling; sense; impression
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself