indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
name; given name; first name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
Third Investigation Division (of the Japanese police); division responsible for investigating theft, burglary, shoplifting, etc.
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
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.
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
well; properly; suitably; best regards; please remember me
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
safecracking; safecracker
succession; continuation; series; sequence
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
First Investigation Division (of the Japanese police); division responsible for investigating homicide, robbery, kidnapping, arson, and sexual assault
continuation; succession; series; continuous
robbery and murder; murder during robbery
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
(criminal) investigation headquarters
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker