company president; manager; director
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
adds force or indicates command
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
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.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
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 read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least