you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
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.
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety