street; quarter; district; area
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
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
detective team; study group; club
body; group; party; company; troupe
counter for rules; rule; regulation
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
preface; foreword; preamble
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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 dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
aphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to be touching; to be moving
very; much; greatly; a lot of
sympathy; empathy; response
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
muddy water; red-light district
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff