third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
match; game; bout; contest
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
batter's box; one's turn at bat
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
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
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, 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 start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
genius; prodigy; natural gift
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good