detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
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 defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
(giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
screening meeting; trial meeting; qualifying competition
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers