company; corporation; workplace
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
environment; circumstance
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
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...
whole company; all the companies
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
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 want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
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
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
maid; helper; help; assistance