beginning; outset; opening; start
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
forensic medicine; forensic pathology; medical jurisprudence; legal medicine
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; tall building
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
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 prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
research; study; investigation
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
several years; a few years
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
the same; the said; likewise
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
that field; the authorities (esp. the police); the yakuza; organized crime circles
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
going unsolved; remaining unanswered
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
welcome; (warm) reception
subject for study (inquiry, enquiry); laboratory subject