president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
fighting game (usu. one-on-one)
Virtua Fighter (video game)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
civic guidance; non-curricular educational guidance; medical guidance
marshy rice field or paddy
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
adds force or indicates command
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to be found; to be discovered
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling