last night; yesterday evening
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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 ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
myself; yourself; I; me; you
very young; little; childish; immature
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
because of; owing to; due to
at; in; at; when; by; with; so