junior high school student; middle school pupil
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
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
senior high school student
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
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.
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow