sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
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
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
to have a talk; to tell a story
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
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.