note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
medical care; medical treatment
police; police officer; police station
detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers); detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
author; writer; novelist; artist
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
the big two...; two major...; two main...
leader; magnate; big head
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
myself; yourself; I; me; you
accurate; correct; precise; exact
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
one's own handwriting; autograph
notebook; memorandum; commonplace book
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to lose sight of; to miss
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after