various foreign countries; several foreign countries
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
otherwise; or else; if not
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
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 solicit; to demand; to extort
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to be found; to be discovered
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
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)
student (esp. a university student)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about