indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; 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; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
bank; banking institution
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
yen (currency of Japan); circle
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
band of robbers; gang of thieves
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
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 take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
flight; desertion; escape
surveillance camera; security camera
hacking; hacking (basketball, rugby, etc.); fouling
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; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
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
to become clear; to be made public
committing a suspect to trial; 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 ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
clearly; distinctly; evidently; definitely
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