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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to take a picture; to take a photo
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!
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
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 ...-ed; to be ...-ed
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; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
hating; strongly disliking
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; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
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 come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...