Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; 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
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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 finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
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 to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
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?; 's; of
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