shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
sorry; excuse me; thank you
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
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
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
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)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
river; stream; River; the ... river
chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
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.
house search (e.g. by the police)
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.)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
support group; fan club; (election) committee
political organization; political organisation
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue