director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
by means of; due to; because of; according to
company president; manager; director
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
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
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.
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
offender; criminal; culprit
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
mail; postal matter; postal item
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
mass communication; mass media
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
official announcement; proclamation
should; must; -able; probably; likely
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
don't you think?; indicates question
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about; questionable
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
last night; yesterday evening
company; corporation; workplace
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
stairs; stairway; staircase
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
serious condition; critical condition
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)