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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
descendant; posterity; offspring
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
(present) head of a family
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
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.
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...