first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
third year (college) student; junior
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
actual profit; practical use; benefit
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
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.)
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.
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
the opposite sex; isomerism
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
healthy; sound; wholesome
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
social; societal; societary
capable; able; talented; promising
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements
many; numerous; various; large number of
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
isolation; being alone; being friendless
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to hit repeatedly; to belt hit after hit (e.g. in baseball); to unleash a barrage of blows; to pound away (at a keyboard); to hammer away; to pummel
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become