you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
stimulating; exciting; provocative
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
how; in what way; how about
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, 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
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
than; from; out of; except; but; more
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
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.)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...