cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
race (of people); type of person
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
now; the present time; just now; another; more
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
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
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
Sulculus diversicolor supertexta (species of abalone or ear shell)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...