at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
mountain recesses; heart of the mountains; mountain; (arch.) imperial tomb; (arch.) emperor's grave
... years old; age (of) ...
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
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.
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
then; well; so; well then