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Juvenile delinquency is increasing.
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Vocabulary list

shounenhanzai
noun
  1. juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency
shounen
noun
  1. boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
hanzai
noun, no adjective
  1. crime; offence; offense
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
masu

masu stem

mashi
godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
  1. to increase; to grow
tsutsuaru
suffix, godan verb (irregular)
  1. to be doing; to be in the process of doing (with -masu stem)
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
tsutsu
particle
  1. while (after the -masu stem of a verb)
aru
godan verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be; to exist; to live (usu. of inanimate objects)
  2. to have
  3. to be located
  4. to be equipped with
  5. to happen; to come about

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