every year;  yearly;  annually
 large;  big;  great;  prominent;  -sized;  as big as;  university
 at (place, time);  in;  to (direction, state);  toward;  for (purpose);  because of (reason);  for
 not less than;  ... and over;  beyond (e.g. one's expectations);  above;  above-mentioned;  aforementioned
 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
 passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
 person;  -er; (arch.)  expert; (arch.)  geisha; (arch.)  prostitute
 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 take out;  to get out;  to put out;  to reveal;  to submit (e.g. thesis);  to turn in;  to publish
 first-class;  top grade;  characteristic;  peculiar;  school (e.g. of a performance art);  one flag
 school centred on preparing students to get into university;  high-level school a person has entered
 year;  counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school);  period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
 counter for generations;  epoch
 accession to the throne;  enthronement
 that;  the;  part (as in "part two");  um ...;  er ...
 immediately;  at once;  soon;  before long;  easily;  readily
 near;  neighbourhood;  nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year");  close to;  shortly;  soon
 continuing one's education into university
 rate;  ratio;  proportion;  percentage
 of course;  certainly;  naturally
 establishment;  founding;  organization;  organisation
 one person;  being alone;  being by oneself;  being single;  being unmarried;  by oneself
 too;  also;  both A and B;  A as well as B;  even;  as much as
 idiot;  moron;  trivial matter;  folly;  stupid;  foolish
 to make;  to produce;  to prepare (food);  to brew (alcohol);  to raise;  to grow;  to till
 peace;  tranquility;  tranquillity;  Heian period (794-1185)
 now;  the present time;  just now;  another;  more
 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon);  naga;  semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology;  promoted rook
 mountain;  hill;  mine (e.g. coal mine);  heap;  pile;  crown (of a hat);  thread (of a screw)
 senior high school;  high school
 to face;  to go towards;  to head towards
 man;  male;  fellow;  guy;  male lover;  boyfriend
 indicates sentence subject (occasionally object);  indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions);  but;  however;  regardless of;  whether (or not)
 hey!;  c'mon!;  pushy;  overbearing;  self-assured
 what!;  oh;  what the heck;  what the;  damn
 hey;  you;  hey;  hey;  hold on;  yo