if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
(police) detective; criminal matter
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, 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.)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
woman; female; feminine gender
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
two persons; two people; pair; couple
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
accomplishment; execution
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...