tomfoolery; monkey business
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
(police) detective; criminal matter
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
offender; criminal; culprit
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
for some (unspecified) reason
First Investigation Division (of the Japanese police); division responsible for investigating homicide, robbery, kidnapping, arson, and sexual assault
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
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
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
then; well; so; well then
woman; female; feminine gender
failure; mistake; blunder
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?