... years old; age (of) ...
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
living with one's parents; living at home
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
university student; college student
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
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.
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
eccentric young person (esp. girl)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
two persons; two people; pair; couple
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time