steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
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
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)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
mall; maul (in rugby); mole; Moor; molding
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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 go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
continuation; succession; series
offender; criminal; culprit
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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 (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. 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
Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)
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