youth; springtime of life; adolescent
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
regret; repentance; remorse
senior high school; high school
(period of) a year; during an era
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.
expression; presentation; representation; notation
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
now; the present time; just now; another; more
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
in this way; thus; such; uh...
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 be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
negative personality; asocial type
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)