slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
adds force or indicates command
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
duty; function; office; mission; task
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
mission; delegation; transmission
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
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
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last