year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
foreign capital group; foreign company
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
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
beginning; outset; first; onset
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
bank; banking institution
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
bad debt; nonperforming loan
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 all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
(period of) a year; during an era
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
company; corporation; workplace
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle