sorry; excuse me; thank you
failure; mistake; blunder
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
university student; college student
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
police; police officer; police station
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
another time; some other time
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to subsist; to keep on living
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
to be powered on; to be turned on
Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reeves, species of barking deer); Chinese muntjac
criminal nature; criminality
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise