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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
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 ...-ed; to be ...-ed
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); 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; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
element; component; factor; 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; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
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 (on a typewriter)
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
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
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
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