steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
(shopping) mall; shopping centre; mall (pedestrianized street); Moor; mold; mould; molding
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
continuation; succession; series; continuous
offender; criminal; culprit
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
Minato City (special ward of Tokyo); Minato Ward (Osaka); Minato Ward (Nagoya)
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.
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused