today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
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
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
ago; since; before; previous
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
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 finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
than; from; out of; except; but; more
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity