if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
Island; insula; island; islet
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
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 decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
Financial Services Agency; FSA
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to face; to go towards; to head towards
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
company president; manager; director
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
leader; head; president (of a bank); bank director; greenroom manager (in a theater)
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)