new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
work; business; company; study
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
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
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
complete change; about-face
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
very; extremely; like the devil; as a demon
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
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 buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
section manager; section chief
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
dirt cheap; super cheap; bargain-priced
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then