that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
educational institution; school; academy; campus
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
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
right in the center (centre)
prime location (for offices, housing, etc.); best district (in town); excellent piece of land
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
studies; schoolwork; classwork
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
senior high school student
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 collect; to assemble; to gather
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
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
government; administration
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only