honorific/polite/humble prefix
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
planning; project; plan; design
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
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
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
one thin flat object; one sheet
receiving an electric shock
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
another school; other schools
that's the way it is; such is life
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...