absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
factory; plant; mill; workshop
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
senior high school; high school
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
technical high school; industrial high school
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
computer-scored answer sheet; optical answer sheet; scantron; bubble sheet
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)