new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
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 persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
older sister; elder sister
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
greeting; a fine thing to say
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
student (esp. a university student)
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)