joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults
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...
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
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 step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
name; given name; first name
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
enterprise; business; company; corporation
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
finding employment; getting a job
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
working adult; full-fledged member of society
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
company; corporation; workplace
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen