this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
writing; composition; essay; sentence
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
society; the world; the times
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
now; the present time; just now; another; more
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to have a talk; to tell a story
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to fly apart; to tower over; to be out of the ordinary
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent