popular name; common name; nickname; alias
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
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
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)