search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
guard; security (officer); guardsman
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
please (give me); please (do for me)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
in that way; thus; so; so?
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
branch office; branch store
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
single word; a few words; brief comment
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
duty; obligation; responsibility
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen