new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
work; business; company; study
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
complete change; about-face
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
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
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
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 (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
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 be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
-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; to come about
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
dirt cheap; super cheap; bargain-priced
at; in; at; when; by; with; so