water's edge; beach; shore
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(juvenile) delinquent; Yankee; Yank; American
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
senior high school; high school
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
closing of a school; closed school
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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.
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor