method; process; manner; way; means; technique
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
company president; manager; director
how; in what way; how about; questionable
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
considerably; fairly; quite
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
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
Burgundy (wine); Bourgogne
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
1,000,000; one million; million; many
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
woman; female; feminine gender
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 shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
honorific/polite/humble prefix