again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
separate; respective; different
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)