taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
honorific/polite/humble prefix
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
rest; break; recess; intermission
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
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 attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry