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)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
factory; plant; mill; workshop
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
strength; toughness; bravery; boldness
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no