branch office; branch store
section manager; section chief
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
branch manager; manager of a branch office
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
in accordance with; according to
steel; steal (baseball, basketball)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
yen (currency of Japan); circle
contract; compact; agreement
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 install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
superior; excellent; fine
enterprise; business; company; corporation
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
fraudulent accounting; window-dressing settlement of accounts; creative accounting
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
bank; banking institution
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
recovery; undoing; recall