time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
sleepover; overnight stay
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
honorific/polite/humble prefix
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
consequence; outcome; result; blame
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
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
now; the present time; just now; another; more
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine