cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
shame; disgrace; (sexual) violation; rape
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
offender; criminal; culprit
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
if you think about it; come to think of it
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to carry into (esp. an injured person into a hospital); to take into; to bring into
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
opening and closing; opening and shutting
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
brand-new article; new item
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
preservation; conservation; maintenance; integrity
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
to sit down; to take a seat
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)