spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
several years; a few years
by means of; due to; because of; according to
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
cut; reduction; curtailment
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)