too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
commuting to school; school commute
pupil; student; schoolchild
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
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
after school (at the end of the day)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
senior high school; high school
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
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)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
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 hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
business district; office complex