today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
setting off (on a trip); departure
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
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
thereupon; shortly thereafter
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
club activities; extracurricular activities
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
pavement café; sidewalk café; open-air café
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
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.
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
thrill ride (at an amusement park)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
adds force or indicates command
understood; I see; OK; present; here