mysterious thief; phantom thief
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
popular person; favorite; favourite
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
considerably; greatly; a lot
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
in that way; thus; so; so?
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
head of the student council; president of the student council
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...
attendance; presence; appearance
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist