cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
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
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
police officer; policeman; constable
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
traffic light; signalling mechanism; semaphore (apparatus)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
maid; helper; help; assistance
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
while; during; while; although; all; both
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
meaning; significance; sense
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
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?
accurate; correct; precise; exact