security police; special police; special; TV special; standard-playing (record); SP; shore patrol
metropolitan governor; governor of Tokyo
honorific/polite/humble prefix
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
emergency deployment (police, etc.); emergency posting
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.
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
both hands; both arms; ten
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
pistol; handgun; revolver
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you