slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
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 (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
superstition; superstitious belief
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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.)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
breathing of a sleeping person