wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
story; tale; talk; discussion
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
now; the present time; just now; another; more
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
quickly; calmly; intently
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she