be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
senior high school student
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
life; living; I; me; student
I see; that's right; indeed
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
Sazae-san (Japanese comic character)
form; method; system; formula
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
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
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick
Japanese freshwater crab (Geothelphusa dehaani)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
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.
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...