senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
after school (at the end of the day)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
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
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
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 think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
while; during; while; although; all; both
corridor; hallway; passageway
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
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
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
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.)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
a wise man keeps away from danger
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
please (give me); please (do for me)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on