to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
in that way; thus; so; so?
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
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.)
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
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.
testimony; (verbal) evidence
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case