year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
myself; yourself; I; me; you
that day; the very same day
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
educational institution; school; academy; campus
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
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 be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
dry riverbed; river beach
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
while; during; while; although; all; both
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
world-class; (of) high global reputation
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of