slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
time; hour; period; class
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; rapid (train)
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; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
woman; female; feminine gender
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan); to call 110; to call the police
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 copy; 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 ...-ed; to be ...-ed
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
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
then; well; so; well then
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
human trafficking; slave trade
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 someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
such; like that; that sort of
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as