first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
wish; desire; ambition; choice
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
technical high school; industrial high school
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
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 bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
while; even though; despite
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
self restraint; moderating one's own behavior; confinement (esp. to one's home); house arrest; suspension (from work or school)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?