school festival; campus festival
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
as you see; as you can see
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
how; in what way; how about; questionable
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
adds force or indicates command
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
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
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
pronunciation; production of sound
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
carat; unit of weight for jewels and pearls, 200mg; karat (measure of purity of gold); carat
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...