indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
senior high school; high school
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
female high-school student
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
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
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
school rules; school regulations
prohibition; inhibition; ban
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)