just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
elder sister; effeminate man
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)