tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
really; truly; indeed; good grief
in this way; thus; such; uh...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
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
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
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.)
deep sleep; sleep soundly
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
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 memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like