finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
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
regular game; regular-season game
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
hard struggle; strenuous effort
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
starting lineup; player in the starting lineup
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
suffix for familiar person
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
cooperation; coordination; link
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
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 overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...