investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
woman; female; feminine gender
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.
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
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
First Investigation Division (of the Japanese police); division responsible for investigating homicide, robbery, kidnapping, arson, and sexual assault
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
police substation; residential police box
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
confidence; trust; faith; credit
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
water (esp. cool or cold); 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)
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
older sister; elder sister
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
chief (of police); head (of office)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
cord; strap; thong; string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic