senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
sorry; excuse me; thank you
book; volume; this; present; main; head
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
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
name; given name; first name
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
combined junior high and high school
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
(period of) a year; during an era
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
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.
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; (arch.) (moving) slowly
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to pick up; to find; to gather
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to overflow; to brim over; to flood