to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
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 know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
leopard plant (Farfugium japonicum); Japanese silverleaf
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
waiting for the (traffic) lights to change; waiting for a green signal
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.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
attendance (at school); going to school
life; living; I; me; student
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
myself; yourself; I; me; you
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
third-year student; third-year pupil
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
to be bewildered; to be perplexed