yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
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
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
core; core; hardcore; all-out
foreign; abroad; overseas
specialist journal; specialized magazine; specialised magazine
day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date
attendance (at school); going to school
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
first thing in the morning
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
male homosexuality; bill of lading; BL
journal; magazine; periodical
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard