sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
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
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
tradition; legend; folklore
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
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.
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to dye; to colour; to color
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
please (give me); please (do for me)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary