indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
man; male; masculine gender
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
... years old; age (of) ...
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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 pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
woman; female; feminine gender
murder; homicide; manslaughter
arrest; apprehension; capture
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
midfielder (soccer); medium frequency; MF; manual focus; microfinance
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
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
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
genius; prodigy; natural gift