preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
president (of a society); chairman
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
if you think about it; come to think of it
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then