Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
bad debt; nonperforming loan
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
branch office; branch store
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
business; work; operations; service; duties
promotion department; development department; enhancement department
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
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 ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
look of death (in one's face); shadow of death; face of a dead person
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor