hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
senior high school; high school
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
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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 put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
head of the student council; president of the student council
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize