leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
last week; the week before
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
sales; selling; marketing
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 run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
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
company president; manager; director
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
follow-up report; further news
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
robbery and murder; murder during robbery
(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
how; in what way; how about
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen