let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
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
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
now; the present time; just now; another; more
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; hour; period; class
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
that is to say; so that means
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
way; method; means; resource; course
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
please (give me); please (do for me)