new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
rather than; more ... than ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
January; first month of the lunar calendar
7th day of the month; seven days
winter vacation; winter holidays
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
sunlight; rays of the Sun
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
start of work; commencement; opening
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
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