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I; me

41

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

155

Kobe (city)

4

land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming

1

station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)

3

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

4

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

2

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

104

belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of

1

(police) detective; criminal matter

6

be; is

29

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

1

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

163

diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram

17

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

113

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

6

owner

1

be; is

1

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

1

steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

1

killing; murder

3

offender; criminal; culprit

8

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.

95

to lure someone; to entice someone

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

7

for private or home use

1

luxury cruise ship; luxury liner

2

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

31

auction

1

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

2

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

1

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

57

who; what kind of person

1

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

39

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

5

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

9

one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

1

count; earl

28

patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

1

Kyoto (city, prefecture)

5

fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)

4

head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school

3

succession struggle; succession race

2

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

1

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

4

common camellia (Camellia japonica)

12

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

15

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

5