indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
company president; manager; director
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
factory; plant; mill; workshop
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
business; work; operations; service; duties
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
yen (currency of Japan); circle
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 get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
secret accounts; second set of accounts
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
property; fortune; assets
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
listening device; bug; wiretap
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
two persons; two people; pair; couple
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to find out; to dig up; to sniff out; to worm out; to pry out; to spy out
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires