indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
(official) audience; interview; reception; meeting with one's lawyer (while detained or imprisoned)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
the real criminal; true culprit
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
if so; in that case; in that situation
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
story; tale; talk; discussion
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.)
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 raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
offender; criminal; culprit
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
murder; homicide; manslaughter
arrest; apprehension; capture
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't you think?; indicates question
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely