the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
headquarters; head office; main office
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
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
name; given name; first name
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
this world; this life; world of the living
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
number one; first; best; most; game; round
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 send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
suffix for familiar person
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
time; hour; period; class
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
graduate student; insei; apprentice go professional
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
adds force or indicates command
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient