terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
accurate; correct; precise; exact
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
motorcycle; motorbike; bike; bicycle
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion