fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
senior high school; high school
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
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
all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
by myself; in person; by oneself
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
contrived; false-sounding
relatively; comparatively
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
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.