school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
bloomers; (girls') gym shorts
wearing (e.g. a uniform, seat belt, helmet); having on
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
with these words; while saying
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
just because; even if; even though
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
please (give me); please (do for me)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
from the beginning; from scratch
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
really; truly; indeed; good grief
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
suffix for familiar person
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered