oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
maple (Acer spp.); maple tree
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
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.)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)