I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
in one's own way or style
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
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.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
(in-person) meetup (of members of an online community); IRL meetup; offline get-together; offline gathering
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
progress; advance; improvement; development
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
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.
coordinate; co-ordinate; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours); coordinated outfit (clothes and accessories); ensemble; coordinates (items of clothing, furniture, etc. designed to be used together)
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers