bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
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
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
company; corporation; workplace
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
company president; manager; director
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
by means of; due to; because of; according to
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
creator; inventor; developer
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
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.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
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...
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
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 send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
largest class; top category
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)