synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
electrical machinery; appliances
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
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.
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
business; trade; operations; sales
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
section manager; section chief
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
former (incumbent); predecessor
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
around the world; throughout the world
high-speed rail; rapid (rail) transit
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
loading (on a ship); equipping (an aircraft, car, etc.) with; being equipped with
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression