change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
orders; instructions; directive; command
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
static induction transistor; SIT; special investigation team; SIT; special interest tour
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
first (of its kind) in Japan
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
woman; female; feminine gender
negotiator; bargainer; point man
birth; creation; formation
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
tension; mental strain; nervousness
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
adds force or indicates command
offender; criminal; culprit
pistol; handgun; revolver
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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.