senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
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; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
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; real
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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
name; given name; first name
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
combined junior high and high school
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
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; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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 the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
dripping; trickling; wet and heavy (snow, clay, etc.); (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 gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
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