elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
table of contents; contents
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
club activities; extracurricular activities
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
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 place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
while; during; while; although; all; both
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
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
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
in that way; thus; so; so?
to ask; to enquire; to query
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
listless; languid; sluggish; irritating; exasperating; tiresome
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all