claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
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.)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sex establishment; brothel
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
attempted extortion; extortion attempt
arrest; apprehension; capture
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
two persons; two people; pair; couple
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties
Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
Immigration Bureau; Immigration Office
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
within; inside of; less than
status of residence; visa status; immigration status
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
application; request; petition
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very