dry riverbed; river beach
senior high school; high school
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
cosmetics; toilet articles
company; corporation; workplace
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
one day; (on) a certain day
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to go crazy; to go off one's head
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); inner realization; personal enlightenment
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
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.
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
loveable; very likeable; like very much
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise