always; all the time; never; usual; regular
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
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)
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
scene; sight; scenario; setting
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
such ... as; or some such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about