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 (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be aware of; to know; to notice; 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 sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
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.)
in comparison to; rather than
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); 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; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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; so?
to feel; to sense; to experience
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
difficult to ...; hard to ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent