where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
shopping; purchased goods
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
detective work; detective industry
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
dead person; deceased person
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
after that; afterwards; thereafter