company; corporation; workplace
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
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 buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
company president; manager; director
vice; immorality; corruption
(police) detective; criminal matter
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
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.)
sex establishment; brothel
one by one; one after another; successively
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
war; fighting; fierce competition
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
how; in what way; by what means
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial