than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
service station; gas station; shortstop; sporty sedan; steamship; SS; Secret Service (US)
after school (at the end of the day)
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
confections; sweets; candy; cake
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
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 hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit