graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to feel; to sense; to experience
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
really; truly; indeed; good grief
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to ponder; to contemplate
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
mask; disguise; guise; mask
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
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
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
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.)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
oak tree; (arch.) imperial palace guard