to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
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.
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
settlement; solution; resolution
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
in succession; one by one
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
thick amazake; thick sweet sake
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to say; to be called; to do
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
people; men and women; each person; everybody
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)