house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
educational institution; school; academy; campus
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
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
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
existence; possession; having; limited company
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
while; during; while; although; all; both
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
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.
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
head of the student council; president of the student council
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
election; selection; choice
treasurer's report; financial report
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
long-awaited; much-awaited
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
I see; that's right; indeed
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
serious; not joking; straight