excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
division (of company); operations department
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
from the beginning; from scratch
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
business; trade; operations; sales
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
difficult to ...; hard to ...
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.; cue card; crib sheet; cheat sheet
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person