Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
genuine article; real thing; real deal
founder of a religious sect
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
what kind of; what sort of; what
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that