here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
senior high school; high school
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.)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
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 repeat; to do over again
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
the same night; that night
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very