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
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
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 hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to pass (of time); to elapse
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
police; police officer; police station
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
conference room; council room
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
puddle of blood; pool of blood
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
man; male; masculine gender
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do