first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
educational institution; school; academy; campus
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
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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 depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
tenth day of the month; ten days
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
now; the present time; just now; another; more
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
March; third month of the lunar calendar
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
university town; college town
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to have a meal; to take a meal
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
Hamilton (New Zealand); Hamilton
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
war; fighting; fierce competition
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)