landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
International System of Units; SI
information technology; IT
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
battle for sales at year-end; year-end shopping season
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
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(department) store; (department) stores
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
Japanese person; Japanese people
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
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 search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to face; to go towards; to head towards
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
parting; separation; farewell
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)