to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
honorific/polite/humble prefix
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
second; number two; runner-up
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
so; like this; in this way
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
club activities; extracurricular activities
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 do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
in that way; thus; so; so?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
ten; 10; ten years of age; (arch.) book containing a collection of poems
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately