sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
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
artifact; excavated article; archaeological find
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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 connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
imagination; supposition; guess
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
God; god; ace; king; superior person
beginning; outset; first; onset