establishment; founding; organization; organisation
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
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
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
educational institution; school; academy; campus
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
results; record; grades; marks
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
10,000,000,000; ten billion
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to entrust; to leave to a person
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry