September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
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 go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; season; period; phase; stage
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
summer season; summer; summertime
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
height of; middle of; full bloom
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
university student; college student
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
expression; look; countenance; face
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.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
to change (one's clothes)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting