lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
kagura; traditional Shinto music and dancing
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
guardian; protector; patron; parent
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
by means of; due to; because of; according to
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
life; living; I; me; student
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
another showing (of a play); playing the same role again (i.e. of an actor); recapitulation
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah