news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
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
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
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.
act of terror; terrorist attack
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...
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to repeat; to do something over again
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
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.)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
police; police officer; police station
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
serious; not joking; straight
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work