indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
excursion; field trip; school trip
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
ten; 10; ten years of age
educational institution; school; academy; campus
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
now; the present time; just now; another; more
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
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
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.
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
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.)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
motion sickness; travel sickness
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to be conspicuous; to stand out
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to gather; to collect; to assemble
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey