detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't you think?; indicates question
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
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.
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
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.)
professor; teaching; instruction
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...