Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
economic comeback (rebound, recovery, turnaround)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
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 accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
student (esp. a university student)
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
finding employment; getting a job
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
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
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)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
wonderful; splendid; magnificent