(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
senior high school; high school
life; living; I; me; student
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be found; to be discovered
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
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 curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
myself; yourself; I; me; you
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate