carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
arrest; apprehension; capture
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
all present; all concerned; all of us
plan; protocol; manifest; program
please (give me); please (do for me)
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
(department) store; (department) stores
company; corporation; workplace
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
District Public Prosecutor's Office
special investigation department
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
normalcy; normality; normal
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people