detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
tall, lanky person; bean pole; tall and thin; tall and lanky
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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
Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
Yamanashi prefecture (Chūbu area)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
last week; the week before
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)