what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of