school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
one more time; once more; once again
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
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
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
honorific/polite/humble prefix
two persons; two people; pair; couple
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
legend; folklore; tradition
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
since when; from when; how long
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)