to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
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
match; game; bout; contest
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
in that way; thus; so; so?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
transfer student; student changing schools
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
participation; joining; entry; adherence
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
until now; so far; up to the present
complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
chance (of success); odds
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
exhibition game; preseason game
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
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.)