Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
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)
(police) detective; criminal matter
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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 (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) 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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; 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 down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
section manager; section chief
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
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to continue; to keep up; 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 have a loan; to rent; to hire
offender; criminal; culprit