police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
had better ...; had better not ...
to find out; to discover; to locate
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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.
then; well; so; well then
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to be found; to be discovered
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
(dead) body; corpse; remains
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
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.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")