year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
primary school; elementary school; grade school
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
summer vacation; summer holiday
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
sunburn; suntan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. of paper); yellowing; drying up (of a river, field, etc.)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
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.
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
hospitalization; hospitalisation
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)