flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
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.
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
now; the present time; just now; another; more
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
at a young age; while still young
business world; business circles; (the) industry
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
10th day of the month; ten days
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
graduation ceremony; commencement
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy