here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
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
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
in that way; thus; so; so?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
after school (at the end of the day)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
woman; female; feminine gender
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
stairs; stairway; staircase
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
at that time; in those days
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
one's own child; one's own children
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
one day; (on) a certain day
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
closing of a school; closed school
since then; from that time; ever since