place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
honorific/polite/humble prefix
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
had better ...; had better not ...
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
life; living; I; me; student
two classes; double; two sets
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
in that way; thus; so; so?
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
should; must; -able; probably; likely
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
for example; for instance; e.g.
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
every year; yearly; annually
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
recorder (musical instrument); English flute
end-blown flute (esp. the recorder)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why