mysterious thief; phantom thief
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
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
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
spring break; spring vacation
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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.)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
March; third month of the lunar calendar
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
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.
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
how long; how far; how much
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to read (a book, etc.) over again
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
counter for books; volume