fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
foreign; abroad; overseas
corporation; corporate body; company; legal entity; legal person; juridical person
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
to say; to be called; to do
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
your husband; her husband
don't you think?; indicates question
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
(dead) body; corpse; remains
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 take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
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.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
one's last moment; one's death; one's end