although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
schoolgirl; female student
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
at least; at most; (even) just
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
match; game; bout; contest
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
all; entire; whole; altogether
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
opposite side; opposition