previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
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
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to gain traction; to develop momentum; to get a boost; to pick up steam
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
suffix for familiar person
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
final qualifier; final qualifying round
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
well then ...; in that situation; in which case