investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
victim; injured party; sufferer
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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.
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
ceremony; celebration; law code
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
spring water; clear (pure) water
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to thrust down; to push off
god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few