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
news programme; news program
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
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.
producer (film, TV, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
long time; long interval; for quite some time
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
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...
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
now; the present time; just now; another; more
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
program (e.g. TV); programme
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...