yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
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
summer vacation; summer holiday
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to recall; to remember; to recollect
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
festival; feast; carnival
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
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like