recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
(committee) chairman; president
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
after school (at the end of the day)
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and