one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
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 leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
sailor suit; middy uniform; two-piece school uniform modeled after the sailor suit
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
shrill voice (esp. of women and children)
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning