life; living; I; me; student
university student; college student
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
senior high school; high school
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
junior high school student; middle school pupil
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
study; diligence; discount; reduction
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
mother tongue; native language; protolanguage; parent language
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
father; dad; husband; you; he
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
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Japanese person; Japanese people
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
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.