demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to be worried; to be troubled
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
about this time; about now
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
both (people); the two of them
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
recompense; indemnity; atonement
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
forcibly; by force; against one's will
house search (e.g. by the police)
arrest; apprehension; capture
warrant; summons; written order
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
assembling a criminal case
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
illegal; illicit; unlawful
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
trial; judgement; judgment
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
besides; in addition; also; moreover
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
patient's registration ticket
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound