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
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
bank; banking institution
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
band of robbers; gang of thieves
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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 snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
flight; desertion; escape
surveillance camera; security camera
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.)
police; police officer; police station
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to become clear; to be made public
referring a case to a public prosecutor
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be found; to be discovered
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
clear; distinct; evident; definite
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case