Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
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
transactions; dealings; business
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.
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
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.)
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
failure; mistake; blunder
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
without; but if; otherwise; or else
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me