good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
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
to have a talk; to tell a story
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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.
spring break; spring vacation
ago; since; before; previous
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
senior high school; high school
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
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 truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)