to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
middle of the night; dead of night
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
arrest; apprehension; capture
(crime of) defamation (i.e. slander, libel)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
(police) detective; criminal matter
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
hey; listen; look here; I say
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
patrol car; police car; squad car; cruiser