department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
first warbling heard in a New Year
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care 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 strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article