indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
only; merely; but; no more than
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
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.
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
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
(police) detective; criminal matter
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
penalty; sentence; punishment
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
name; given name; first name
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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.)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
offender; criminal; culprit