detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
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.
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
after a long time; for the first time in a while
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
don't you think?; indicates question
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
company president; manager; director
magazine; journal; periodical
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about