river; stream; River; the ... river
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
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
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
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.
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
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
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
(police) detective; criminal matter
consequence; outcome; result; blame
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to wash again; to reconsider
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
spring water; clear (pure) water
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to