junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
calamity; misfortune; disaster
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
senior high school; high school
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
neat and clean; tidy; trim
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
for example; for instance; e.g.
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
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.
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
living by oneself; living alone
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment