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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

77

living by oneself; living alone

1

fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome

2

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow

25

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine

4

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

7

nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

1

be; is

26

child

17

kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool

4

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

127

spring water; clear (pure) water

2

star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

today; this day

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix

6

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

7

thank you; thanks

4

adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)

31

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

29

mother

2

from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top

2

be; is

1

indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm

36

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

3

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

3

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

6

roughly; broadly; generally; more or less

1

polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

1

at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

49

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

2

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

10

I; me

4

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

4

mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

5

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

30

ah; oh; hey!

4

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

10

fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon

3

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

1

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

1

yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

10

at; in; at; when; by; with; so

28

hindrance; intrusion

1

to do

1

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing

7