first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
senior high school; high school
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
overall victory; championship
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
already; now; no longer; not any more
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
100,000,000; one hundred million
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 cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
adds force or indicates command
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as