spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
branch office; branch store
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
hotel worker; hotelman; hotelkeeper; hotelier
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
way (of doing); manner; method; means
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.
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days