(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
bank; banking institution
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
nature of business; business operations
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.
thorough; exhaustive; complete
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
construction; establishment
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(this) shrine; (this) company; (this) firm
company fortunes; future of a company
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back