stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
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
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
alteration; falsification; faking
accounting fraud; irregular accounting
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
scandal; deplorable event
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
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 defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
impossible to do (although wants to)
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
use; utilization; utilisation; application
(political) power; authority; influence
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for