double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
senior high school; high school
annual (plant); first-year student
winter vacation; winter holidays
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to face; to go towards; to head towards
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
inside a plane; in-flight
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
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
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
special; particular; peculiar; unique
training; drill; practice; discipline
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 receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); chimpanzee; chimp
ankh; Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for life
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
not yet known; unknown; strange
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
than; from; out of; except; but; more
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)