lock; padlock; tablet; pill
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
(police) detective; criminal matter
police officer; policeman; constable
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
disorder; chaos; confusion
both; both sides; both parties
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
control; management; supervision
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
secrecy; highly classified information
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
scoundrel; rascal; villain
proper use; using (different things) for different purposes
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
trial; hearing; inquiry; examination; interrogation
preliminary examination; pretrial hearing
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
had better ...; had better not ...
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision