why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
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
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be surprised; to be astonished
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
league; federation; union; alliance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
promotion; raising of status
war; battle; match; game; competition
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
in that way; thus; so; so?
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
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.)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
un-; non-; negative prefix