nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.)
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
it's been a long time; long time no see
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
rehabilitation (in society)
legend; folklore; tradition
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
invitation; introduction; temptation
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
business; work; operations; service; duties
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to concern; to be related
results (of a study or investigation)
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 come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
hue; color phase; colour phase
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
number one; first; best; most; game; round
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
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
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...