school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
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
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
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 cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to gather; to collect; to assemble
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
tradition; legend; folklore
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)