today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
together; at the same time; same; identical
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
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
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
professor; teaching; instruction
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
how; in what way; how about
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.)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
company president; manager; director
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now