duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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
master; teacher; stable master
to leave this world; to die
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
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 work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
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
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person