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to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

1

offender; criminal; culprit

12

suddenly; all of a sudden

2

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)

4

eccentricity; eccentric behaviour

1

denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

1

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

2

great detective

1

grey; gray; ashen

1

brain cell

1

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

2

to thrust before; to thrust at

2

tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

2

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

2

crime; offence; offense

1

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

5

memory; sense; experience

3

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

2

we; us

2

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

4

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

2

thickness; profundity; depth

1

lips

6

grain (of wood)

1

confections; sweets; candy; cake

5

properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly

2

counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

5

very interesting; of great interest

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

2

serious; severe; grave; acute

2

pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe

1

to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)

1

armchair detective

1

meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

4

shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

2

eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting

3

the real criminal; true culprit

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

6

victim; injured party; sufferer

2

giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

2

a certain ...

1

series

2

thirteen; 13; king (playing card)

2

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

2

banning of books; banned book

1

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

2

both; both sides; both parties

1

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

3