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investigator (usu. of criminal cases)

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house search (e.g. by the police)

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investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

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without an occupation; unemployed; jobless

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suspect

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deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe

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participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

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(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

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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)

2

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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local residents; neighbours; neighbors

1

figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

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several times

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witnessing; observing; sighting

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

4

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

2

a few years ago; some years back

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one room

1

to wipe off; to wipe up

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

large number (of); many; majority

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to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

1

good morning

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parting; farewell

2

son

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to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

2

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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hair

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what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty

2

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

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to be found; to be discovered

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does not seem (to be)

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rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing

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single word; a few words; brief comment

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to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

1

speaking voice; talking voice

1

children; juvenile

1

to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

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within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

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residing; living; dwelling

1

new; fresh; novel

1

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)

1

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of

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(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

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Satō

2

who; what kind of person

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taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

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housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

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randoseru; firm-sided leather (or synthetic leather) backpack used by elementary school children

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