place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
the other day; a few days ago
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to be responsive; to show immediate results
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
in succession; one by one
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
future (usually near); prospects