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)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
infantry (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force); general education curriculum
senior high school; high school
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
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
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
stimulating; exciting; provocative
summer vacation; summer holiday
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
body and soul; mind and body
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)