first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
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 stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
teacher's desk; teacher's lectern
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
freckles; buckwheat chaff
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being