white (bleached) bone; skeleton
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
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
at that time; in those days
estimated (probable) age (e.g. of victim)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
digression; many divergences
river; stream; River; the ... river
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
unsettled; pending; unresolved
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
picking; collecting; harvesting
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
offender; criminal; culprit
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to be found; to be discovered
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
very much; exceedingly; extremely
third day of the month; three days
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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 ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...