ten-day period (in a month); ten-year period (in one's age); decade
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
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
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
author; writer; novelist; artist
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
now; the present time; just now; another; more
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
editor (in publishing, etc.)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
man; male; masculine gender
soup made from boiling leftover fish scraps; fishhead soup
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
suffix for familiar person
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!