indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
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 elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
March; third month of the lunar calendar
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
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
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
senior high school; high school
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
the other day; a few days ago
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
farewell party; goodbye party; send-off party
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
now; the present time; just now; another; more
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)