abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
term-end exam; end-of-term test; finals
sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
results; record; grades; marks
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
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
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
dropout; straggler; outcast; failure
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...
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and