time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
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 wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
educational institution; school; academy; campus
graduation ceremony; commencement
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
graduate; alumnus; alumna
royal castle; imperial castle
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
participation; joining; entry
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)
why; how; for what reason
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people)
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become