university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
economics department; economics school
annual (plant); first-year student
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; volume; this; present; main; head
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
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
in history; ever; historical
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women
third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen