ventriloquism; throwing one's voice
primary school; elementary school; grade school
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
square metre; square meter
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding ways; slipway
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry