each time; every time; thank you for your continued patronage; thank you for your support; hello; I'm coming in
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
last week; the week before
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
koma shape; five-sided shape in the form of a koma (shogi game piece)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to); attached school; affiliated school
Island; insula; island; islet
senior high school; high school
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
girls college (esp. in names of Christian schools)
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
informal social gathering; convivial meeting; get-together
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.
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
2nd day of the month; two days
both schools; both universities
pupil; student; schoolchild
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
school trip; field trip; excursion; long walk; excursion (on foot)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)