at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
(police) detective; criminal matter
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
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
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
considerably; greatly; a lot
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
scientific crime detection; forensic investigation
group; party; team; squad; section
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
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 order; to command; to appoint
white; correction fluid; white-out
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to have the privilege of doing
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
such; like that; that sort of; very
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few