unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
primary school; elementary school; grade school
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
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
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 woman; young (animal); 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; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
of course; certainly; naturally
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
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; to come about
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last