to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
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.)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
adds force or indicates command
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
(police) detective; criminal matter
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
how; in what way; how about
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then