sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
foreign; abroad; overseas
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
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
please (give me); please (do for me)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
university student; college student
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
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose