brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
educational institution; school; academy; campus
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
school(s) with flexible, child-centred curricula
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
greeting; a fine thing to say
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
great depth; bottomless; great height
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
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.)
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
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 bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
number one; first; best; most; game; round
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
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
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy