here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
in that way; thus; so; so?
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to shorten (a garment); to take in
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
go that far; to that extent
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.