professor; teaching; instruction
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
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
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.
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
woman; female; feminine gender
waiting; expectation; standby image (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
how; in what way; by what means
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
how; in what way; how about
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
trouble; bother; annoyance
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to apologize; to apologise