mysterious thief; phantom thief
junior high school student; middle school pupil
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
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
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one day; (on) a certain day
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
time; hour; period; class
now; the present time; just now; another; more
summer vacation; summer holiday
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be needed; to be wanted
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen