Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
First Investigation Division (of the Japanese police); division responsible for investigating homicide, robbery, kidnapping, arson, and sexual assault
(police) detective; criminal matter
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
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.)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
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 get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
woman; female; feminine gender
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
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 know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
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)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
offender; criminal; culprit
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to