alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
second-year student; biennial
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
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
while; during; while; although; all; both
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(not) even once; (not) ever
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
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)
annual (plant); first-year student
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
one-by-one; separately; in detail
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)