leader; head; president (of a bank); bank director; greenroom manager (in a theater)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
don't you think?; indicates question
(right of) representation; right to represent (e.g. a company)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
president (of a society); chairman
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
cloistered rule; government by cloistered emperors
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 spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
woman; female; feminine gender
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
scandal; impropriety; misconduct
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
bombshell announcement; bombshell statement
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 ...
decision; determination; resolution
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
heading; headline; index; headword