year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
armoured car (for transporting valuables); security van
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
motorcycle police; white-colored police motorcycle
police officer; policeman; constable
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 dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
offender; criminal; culprit
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; becoming invalid or void after a set time; ageing; aging
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
tenth day of the month; ten days
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
mobilization; mobilisation
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
unprecedented; record-breaking
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
while; during; while; although; all; both
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
going unsolved; remaining unanswered
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 finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
don't you think?; indicates question