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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
overall victory; championship; winning the title; (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
already; now; no longer; not any more
definite; certain; decided; fixed; settled
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
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; 10^8
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; so
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
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; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
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 to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
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; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
means; way; method; measure
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as