new student; freshman; first-year student
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
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
head of the student council; president of the student council
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
in this way; thus; such; uh...
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.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to name; to call; to christen; to term
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
form; shape; figure; visage