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 possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
person concerned; interested party; related party
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
now; the present time; just now; another; more
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
surroundings; environs; circumference
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
university student; college student
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
senior high school student
older sister; lass; young lady
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
(not) even once; (not) ever
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
simultaneously; all at once; in unison