spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
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
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
branch office; branch store
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
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.
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
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
making efficient; optimization
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
hotel worker; hotelman; hotelkeeper; hotelier
eccentric; crank; oddball
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
outside of; not covered by
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see