(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
dozens; scores of; decades
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
police officer; policeman; policewoman
stabbing to death; putting out
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
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
woman; female; feminine gender
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
people; men and women; each person; everybody
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
fax; facsimile; fax machine