to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to be able to manage somehow or another
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
adds force or indicates command
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
Kyoto-style side dish; meal of side dishes
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...