zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
president (of a society); chairman
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
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
urban areas; the streets; town; city
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain