without leaving any trace
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
having said that; be that as it may
in the end; at the end of the day
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
final; eventual; ultimate
simultaneous development; spreading at the same time (e.g. two phenomena)
natural calamity; disaster
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
casualties; the killed and wounded
limited; limiting; restrictive
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
fire brigade; fire company
calamity; disaster; misfortune
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively