look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
then; well; so; well then
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
scheduled date; expected date; date a baby is due; expected delivery date; due date
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
how; in what way; how about
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.)