indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
woman; female; feminine gender
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
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
we are innocent until proven guilty; suspicion alone is not grounds for punishment; in dubio pro reo
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
recovery; undoing; recall
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
family; members of a family
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
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.
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to find out; to discover; to locate