good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
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
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
club activities; extracurricular activities
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
new student; freshman; first-year student
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
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 kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
failure; mistake; blunder
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of