summer vacation; summer holiday
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
pupil; student; schoolchild
to make merry; to be festive
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
preface; introduction; preamble
troublesome; annoying; complicated
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to increase; to add to; to augment
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
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 be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing