state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
notice; attention; observation
weather; fair weather; fine weather
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
just past noon; afternoon
that is to say; so that means
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
to pass (of time); to elapse
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
front; frontage; facade; main
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
to blaze; to burn brightly
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
to face; to go towards; to head towards
opposite side; opposition
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
now; the present time; just now; another; more
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
southern part; the south (of a region)
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall