hello; good day; good afternoon
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
hey there; I say; see here
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
for today; for the time being
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another