it's been a long time; long time no see
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
isolation; being alone; being friendless
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
senior high school; high school
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
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.
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
real experience; actual observations
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.)
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement