serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
now; the present time; just now; another; more
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
victim; injured party; sufferer
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
depending on; dependent on
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion