leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; exhibition game; exhibition match
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
suffix for familiar person
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
new student; freshman; first-year student
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that