tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
educational institution; school; academy; campus
(the) executive; administration; leadership
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
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
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
head of the student council; president of the student council
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
document; official papers
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
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.
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
chair; stool; post; office; position
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
president (of a society); chairman
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for