indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
artificial intelligence; AI
silver vine (Actinidia polygama); cat powder
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
honorific/polite/humble prefix
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
un-; non-; negative prefix
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
genuine article; real thing; real deal
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
so; like this; in this way