fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to be called; to do
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
forensic researcher; crime scene investigator
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
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
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
storehouse; warehouse; godown
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
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 lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
wherein; therein; thereinto
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview