primary school; elementary school; grade school
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
three; three years of age
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
sports-minded; sports-oriented
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
national polity; National Athletic Meet
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force