one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
replication (of an experiment); verification (of experimental results); reproduction; supplementary examination; makeup exam
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
name; given name; first name
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.
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
woman; female; feminine gender
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to