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.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
(police) detective; criminal matter
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
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
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
offender; criminal; culprit
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
police; police officer; police station
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
man; male; masculine gender
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend