year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
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
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
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.
complete change; about-face
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
as soon as possible; ASAP
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
excursion; field trip; school trip
right in the midst of; right at the height of
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
corridor; hallway; passageway
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)