pupil; student; schoolchild
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to be needed; to be wanted
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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 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 change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
rikka; formal style of ikebana
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
serious; not joking; straight
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
truancy; school non-attendance
pupil in ... year; student in ... year