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 run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
older brother; elder brother
stabbing to death; putting out
unsuspended prison sentence; prison sentence with no stay of execution
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
landscape gardening; landscape architecture
work; business; company; study
guarantor; surety; person responsible for another's behavior
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
social networking service; SNS
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
individual; private person; personal; private