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I; me

6

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

216

(one's) life

1

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.

78

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

1

man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

4

indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

88

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

16

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

1

before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

1

at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

86

-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust

3

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

1

Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)

3

First Investigation Division (of the Japanese police); division responsible for investigating homicide, robbery, kidnapping, arson, and sexual assault

3

(police) detective; criminal matter

10

was; were

6

major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

1

newspaper company

2

article; news story; report; account

4

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.)

23

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

24

at; in; at; when; by; with; so

56

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

90

actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

7

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

1

jurisdiction

1

moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

4

now; the present time; just now; another; more

13

unripe plum

5

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

4

station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)

6

police affairs; military police

5

lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

15

service; duty; work

1

that; those; the

7

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

6

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

14

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

2

to talk; to chat; to chatter

2

like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

7

investigator (usu. of criminal cases)

2

unnecessary; unneeded

2

be; is

38

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

33

crematory; crematorium

2

construction site

1

from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

40