indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
senior high school; high school
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
figurative expression; metaphorical expression
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
literally; to the letter; literal
meaning; significance; sense
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
foundation stone; cornerstone
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
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 take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
don't you think?; indicates question
the same as always; day after day
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
sampling food; tasting; trying
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of