seventh month of the lunar calendar
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
club activities; extracurricular activities
of course; certainly; naturally
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
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
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
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
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
pointing out; identification
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
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 dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
attendance (at school); going to school