detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
wood chip; splinter; thin shingles
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
leader of a delegation (body, party)
detective team; study group; club
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
together; at the same time; same; identical
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to detain; to check; to restrain
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
in that way; thus; so; so?
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of