announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
follow-up report; further news
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
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
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
declaration; statement; proclamation
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
note (letter) left behind; will
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
official announcement; proclamation
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
continuation; succession; series
junior high school student; middle school pupil
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
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
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
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.
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
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.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
conditionally; with conditions attached
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that