indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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 ...
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
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 ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
interior; inside; internal
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
section manager; section chief
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap