whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
article; news story; report; account
to be found; to be discovered
official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank
police officer; policeman; constable
remembering (and honoring) the teachings of Buddha
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
middle of the night; dead of night
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
going around; patrol; round; tour
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to put out; to extinguish
big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host