duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
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
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
name; given name; first name
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
master; teacher; stable master
to leave this world; to die
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
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 examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
right; correct; proper; righteous; just