to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
sorry; excuse me; thank you
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
formal receipt (of payment; oft. hand-written)
please (give me); please (do for me)
name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
school festival; campus festival
refreshment booth; refreshment stand; snack bar
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?