each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
last week; the week before
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
koma shape; five-sided shape in the form of a koma (shogi game piece)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
Island; insula; island; islet
senior high school; high school
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
girls college (esp. in names of Christian schools)
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
informal social gathering; convivial meeting; get-together
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 open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
second day of the month; two days
both schools; both universities
pupil; student; schoolchild
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk