imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
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
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
man; male; masculine gender
undetermined manner of death; suspicious death
burned down; entirely destroyed
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
discovery; detection; finding
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
link; directory entry; rink
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
Saitama (city, prefecture)
arrest; apprehension; capture
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
impossible; unlikely; improbable
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis