after school (at the end of the day)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sales battle; business competition
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
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 tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
while; during; while; although; all; both
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to go past; to pass; to pass by
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
very loose; slowly; leisurely
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
(shopping) cart; kart; go-kart
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
setting up specially; special installation
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
sweetened rice-flour cakes for offering at the Dolls' Festival
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
one's house; one's home; one's family