beginning; outset; first; onset
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
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
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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.)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
reconciliation; make peace with
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
older sister; lass; young lady
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
difficult to ...; hard to ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...