religious organization; religious organisation
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
Asahara Shōkō (1955.3.2-2018.7.6)
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
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.
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
time; hour; period; class
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be transparent; to show through
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
notice; attention; observation
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker