company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
company president; manager; director
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.); barrier gate; checkpoint gate
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
editor (in publishing, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.)
suffix for familiar person
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
door; gate; opening; title page