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
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
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)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
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 approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
honorific/polite/humble prefix
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
special contract; special agreement; rider (insurance)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
please (give me); please (do for me)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo