one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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
incident; affair; happening; event
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
set of three; three sets; three classes
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
pupil; student; schoolchild
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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 go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do