present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
unit; (musical) group; band
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
computerized tomography; CT
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
woman; female; feminine gender
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
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
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
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.
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
on the occasion of; at the time of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
(police) detective; criminal matter
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
professional killer; hit man
to employ; to hire; to charter
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch