previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
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 use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
food; food products; foodstuffs
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
participation; joining; entry
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
advertising department; public relations department; PR department
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as