(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
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
guard; security (officer); guardsman
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
please (give me); please (do for me)
police officer; policeman; policewoman
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
flight; desertion; escape
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
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.
discovery; detection; finding
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
within the jurisdiction of
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
bank; banking institution
branch office; branch store
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
bank robbery; bank robber
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
offender; criminal; culprit
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence