hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
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 hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
concealment; suppression; hiding
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
pupil; student; schoolchild
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
name; given name; first name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
should; must; -able; probably; likely
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school