unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
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
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
results; record; grades; marks
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
of course; certainly; naturally
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last