mysterious thief; phantom thief
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
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
mission; delegation; transmission
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
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 climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
although I say; although one might say; although called
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
door; gate; opening; title page
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...