how; in what way; how about
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
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
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
please (give me); please (do for me)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
than; from; out of; except; but; more
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when