cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
beginning; outset; first; onset
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
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
in that way; thus; so; so?
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
all; entire; whole; altogether
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
anything and everything; just about everything
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least