hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
dream for the future; hopes for the future
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
senior high school; high school
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to subsist; to keep on living
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to face; to go towards; to head towards
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
society; public; community; social studies
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as