slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
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
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
time; hour; period; class
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank
pleasure; delight; enjoyment
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
woman; female; feminine gender
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
offender; criminal; culprit
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
such; like that; that sort of; very
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence