floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
incident involving killing and wounding; attack resulting in casualties
rotten smell; putrid odor
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
information gap; digital divide
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
state of (mental) confusion (agitation)
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to set (sun); to become dark
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
murder victim; body of a murder victim
human rights; civil liberties
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
autopsy; post-mortem (examination); (coroner's) inquest; examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
most difficult; next to impossible
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)