indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
(police) detective; criminal matter
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
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.
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
material witness; suspect
poison suicide; suicide by poisoning
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.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
police officer; policeman; policewoman
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
police substation; residential police box
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
such; like that; that sort of; very
good person; virtuous person