senior high school; high school
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
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
preparation; arrangements
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
banquet or reception hall
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to look around; to survey
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
pupil; student; schoolchild
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)