taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
vacant or unoccupied room
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
junior high school student; middle school pupil
copycat criminal; copycat crime
unsettled; pending; unresolved
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
because of; owing to; due to
to be conspicuous; to stand out
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
intelligence gathering; information gathering
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
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
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
outside of one's area of expertise
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
point in common; common feature
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
way (of doing); manner; method; means
together with; same; both; all; including ...
connection; link; relationship
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all