First Investigation Division (of the Japanese police); division responsible for investigating homicide, robbery, kidnapping, arson, and sexual assault
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
tool; implement; means; furniture
discovery; detection; finding
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 ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need