to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
adds force or indicates command
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
two times; twice; two degrees
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
as before; as ever; as it was originally
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
only; merely; but; no more than
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
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
myself; yourself; I; me; you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...