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
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
charge for a meal (usu. at school); school lunch fee
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
now; the present time; just now; another; more
society; the world; the times
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
new book; new publication
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
in that way; thus; so; so?
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
family; members of a family
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)