prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary 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
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
at that time; in those days
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
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 wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
sailor suit; middy uniform
that day; the very same day
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
now; the present time; just now; another; more
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
sunlight; rays of the Sun
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
physical education; PE; gym (class)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
changing clothes; change of clothes
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
successively; one after another
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
being responsible for school lunch distribution and clean-up
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together