real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
contradiction; inconsistency
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
close; intimate; on good terms
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
great depth; bottomless; great height
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case