serious; not joking; straight
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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.)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
at that time; in those days
company; corporation; workplace
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
finding employment; getting a job
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
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
another company; other company
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.
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
free (of charge); gratuitous
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
reality; actuality; hard fact
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
time; hour; period; class
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen