Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
gradually; slowly but steadily
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
these days; nowadays; recently
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
pupil; student; schoolchild
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to feel; to sense; to experience
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
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 want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to face; to go towards; to head towards
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
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.)
day on which the temperature rises above 30 degrees Celsius
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
extremely hot day; day on which the temperature rises above 35 degrees Celsius (official definition)
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")