Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
contract; compact; agreement
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
by means of; due to; because of; according to
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
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.)
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
second month of the lunar calendar; February
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
yes; wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the sea of Japan
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
single-handedly (usu. of a female raising children); on one's own; as a single mother
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
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 make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit