school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
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.
voting; ballot; poll; vote
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
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.)
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
how; in what way; how about
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
called; known as; that; to say