chief; main; principal; important
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
low tone; bass; low voice
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
annual (plant); first-year student
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
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
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to move (house); to change residence
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
eighth month of the lunar calendar
senior high school; high school
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
contrabass; double bass; bass
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
name; given name; first name
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
second-year student; biennial
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)