beginning; outset; first; onset
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
name; given name; first name
female high school student
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
follow-up report; further news
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
then; well; so; well then
to be found; to be discovered
the person in question; the person themselves; said person