company president; manager; director
this occasion; at this time; now
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
business world; business circles; (the) industry
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
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.
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
along with; in line with; following; due to; as a result of; in accordance with
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
eighth month of the lunar calendar
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
president (of a society); chairman
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into