indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
you (plural); all of you; you all
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
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 think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
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.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
proposal; proposition; suggestion
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
way (of doing); manner; method; means
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
company director; board member
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
company president; manager; director
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure