to open some distance (e.g. with other people)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
after school (at the end of the day)
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
police; police officer; police station
notice; attention; observation
to gather; to collect; to assemble
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
offender; criminal; culprit
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
how many months?; how long?
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of