indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
now; the present time; just now; another; more
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
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
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
conference room; council room
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
desk for a speaker; lectern; rostrum; platform
man; male; masculine gender
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
audience; attendance; hearers
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 look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
facial flushing; drink-reddened face; having a hoarse voice after drinking; raspiness caused by over-drinking
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
company president; manager; director
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
cancellation of a contract
superior; excellent; fine
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect