National Center Test for University Admissions
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
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
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
in that way; thus; so; so?
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
common people; ordinary people; masses
pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide