oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
what kind of; what sort of; what
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
successor machine; later model
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
then; well; so; well then
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
online; on the line (of a ball; in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
pronunciation; production of sound
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
called; known as; that; to say
meaning; significance; sense
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type