aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
school festival; campus festival
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
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
honorific/polite/humble prefix
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
all; entire; whole; altogether
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
besides; in addition; also; moreover
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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 help out of (trouble); to extricate
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
father; dad; husband; you; he
serious; not joking; straight
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays