temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
family; members of a family
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
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.)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
company; corporation; workplace
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
business; trade; operations; sales
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then