indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
description; account; delineation; (a) predicative; predication
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
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.
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
offender; criminal; culprit
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
base; basis; bedrock; platform
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
at that time; in those days
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
innumerable; countless; numberless
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
unfortunately; regrettably
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...