first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
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 climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
dozens; scores of; decades
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
free (of charge); gratuitous
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure
lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)
every month; each month; monthly
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
constitution; rules; regulation
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
society; the world; the times
for this very reason; that is exactly why
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...