ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
senior high school; high school
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
now; the present time; just now; another; more
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.
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
working adult; full-fledged member of society
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
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
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
God; god; ace; king; superior person
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
sunlight filtering through trees