flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
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 examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
why; how; for what reason
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
(police) detective; criminal matter
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to wash again; to reconsider
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
spring water; clear (pure) water
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate