indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
educational institution; school; academy; campus
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ecology; environmental movement; environmentalism
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
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.
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
head of the student council; president of the student council
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)
suffix for familiar person
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
attribute; property; attribute; alignment (in a role-playing game); element (of an enemy or attack); type (of dealt damage); (character) type
addition; annexation; appendage
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")