character (in a play or novel);  dramatis personae
 Lord;  Sir;  state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.)  you (in reference to someone of lower status)
 Leicester (Britain);  Lester
 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
 younger brother;  little brother;  brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.)  pupil; (arch.)  apprentice
 businessman;  industrialist
 wife; (arch.)  my dear; (arch.)  dear;  garnish (esp. one served with sashimi);  embellishment
 mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus);  common dolphinfish;  dolphin;  dorado
 daughter;  girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
 newspaper reporter;  print journalist
 deputy secretary (government);  deputy director
 that;  the;  part (as in "part two");  um ...;  er ...
 (private) secretary;  treasured book;  secret book
 (United States of) America;  United States;  US;  America (land mass);  the Americas
 wife;  Mrs; (arch.)  wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.)  consort of the emperor
 female;  woman;  female sex;  female lover;  girlfriend;  mistress
 detective;  investigator;  sleuth;  detective work;  secret investigation
 house;  residence;  family;  household;  lineage;  family name
 steward;  butler;  court official;  deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
 the same;  the said;  likewise
 Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
 expert;  learned person;  doctor;  PhD;  instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period);  pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
 assistant;  helper;  assistant (to a professor)
 one;  1;  best;  first;  foremost;  beginning;  start
 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.