Golden Week; string of public holidays in late April-early May
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
hello; good day; good afternoon
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
receptionist; reception woman
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
focus (of a camera, microscope, etc.); focus (of attention, efforts, etc.); photographing (someone) secretly; focus (in a graphical user interface); forecast (bet)
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 hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
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.)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
of course; certainly; naturally
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
please (give me); please (do for me)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
society; public; community; social studies