detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
surname; family name; last name
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
deductive powers; reasoning capability; reasoning skill
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
reality; actuality; hard fact
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
private office; private practice
accurate; correct; precise; exact
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time