indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
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.
knowing; (an) acquaintance
don't you think?; indicates question
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
approximate age; age range
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
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
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
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
original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count