year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
in succession; one by one
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
entrepreneur; person who starts a new business
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
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
favorite child; favourite child; darling; favorite; star
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
now; the present time; just now; another; more
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
enterprise; business; company; corporation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
massing (of troops); gathering
representative; exemplary; model
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
again; once more; a second time
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
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.
senior high school student
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
in that way; thus; so; so?
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
disturbance; riot; mayhem
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
young person; youth; young
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)