mysterious thief; phantom thief
school festival; campus festival
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
very busy (person or thing)
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
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
willpower; energy; vitality
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
father; dad; husband; you; he
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
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.