indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this world; this life; world of the living
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
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 remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
Formula One (form of motor racing); F1
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
senior high school; high school
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
human relations; personal relationships
complicated and mysterious