treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
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 wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
while; during; while; although; all; both
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
... years old; age (of) ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
finding employment; getting a job
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
as (for); for; in the capacity of
literally; to the letter; literal
it hasn't been long since
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why