junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
suffix for familiar person
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
how; in what way; how about; questionable
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
such; like that; that sort of; very
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience