large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
right in the middle (of); midst; height
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
university town; college town
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
flight; desertion; escape
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 continue; to keep up; to keep on
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to lose sight of; to miss
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to face; to go towards; to head towards
in that way; thus; so; so?
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
school district; school area
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need