indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
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
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
in the meanwhile; during the time
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
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
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
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.
settlement; solution; resolution
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
those (near the second person)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
guard; security (officer); guardsman