hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to put one's strength into
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
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
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella