important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
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
Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
in that way; thus; so; so?
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
pupil; student; schoolchild
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to like; to love; to be fond of
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
homeroom; form room; home run; human resources; heart rate; house of representatives
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top