previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
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.
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to be dispersed; to get separated
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to face; to go towards; to head towards
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care