beginning; outset; first; onset
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
good impression; favorable impression
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
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
confidential; secret; classified
general incorporated association
area; region; district; locality
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
association; society; organization; organisation
representative director; spokesperson for a board of directors
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
looking for love; searching for a lover
management; administration; operation
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
participant; entrant; player; competitor
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about