preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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.
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
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.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like