at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to concern; to be related
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
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
police officer; policeman; policewoman
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
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 make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to collect; to assemble; to gather
testimony; (verbal) evidence
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
myself; yourself; I; me; you
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
when it becomes; when it comes to
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
offender; criminal; culprit
arrest; apprehension; capture
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
river; stream; River; the ... river