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
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
the three main gods (Amaterasu Ōmikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
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 chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
married woman; another's wife
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.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
middle of the night; dead of night
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thick amazake; thick sweet sake
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)