very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
two persons; two people; pair; couple
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
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.
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.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
imagination; supposition; guess
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing