to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
adds force or indicates command
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
how; in what way; how about
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
already; now; no longer; not any more
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
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
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
woman; female; feminine gender
while; during; while; although; all; both
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
now; the present time; just now; another; more
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
alone; by oneself; on one's own
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly