(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
prison officer; corrections officer; penal officer; prison guard; jailor; warder
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
please (give me); please (do for me)
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 remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
main clause; main part (of a piece of writing); text (of a judicial decision)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
foster father; adoptive father
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
infancy; childhood; tender age
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness