occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
destination; place one stays during a trip
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
incident; affair; happening; event
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
this world; this life; world of the living
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
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
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
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 doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
proper; respectable; decent; honest
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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