self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
bottom-tier university with low entry requirements
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
honorific/polite/humble prefix
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
educational institution; school; academy; campus
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, 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 read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
author; writer; novelist; artist
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
of course; certainly; naturally
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
spotlight; close observation
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix