good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
river; stream; River; the ... river
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
consultation on career, university, etc. choices
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
school of one's (first, second) choice
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.
finding employment; getting a job
wish; desire; ambition; choice
type of occupation; occupational category
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
university of arts; arts college
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)