school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
educational institution; school; academy; campus
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
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
club activities; extracurricular activities
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
work style; way of working
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
company; corporation; workplace
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.
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
please (give me); please (do for me)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
adds force or indicates command
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?