than; other than; except; but
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
in that way; thus; so; so?
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
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
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
how; in what way; how about
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to say; to be called; to do
honorific/polite/humble prefix
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to spread; to be propagated
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to be silent; to say nothing
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
much less; to say nothing of
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less