April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
new student; freshman; first-year student
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 go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
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
reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
please (give me); please (do for me)
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Island; insula; island; islet
helper; assistant; help; assistance
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...