illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
company director; board member
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
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
important post; important office; key position
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
company; corporation; workplace
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at a moment's notice; readily
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
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...
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
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
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
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 leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
public acknowledgment; public acknowledgement; public recognition; commendation; awarding
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like