preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
(dead) body; corpse; remains
discovery; detection; finding
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
all-night vigil over a body; wake
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
from the viewpoint of; according to
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
guess; speculation; supposition
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
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.
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
many; numerous; various; large number of
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal