at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
one day; (on) a certain day
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
company president; manager; director
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
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; to come about
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
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.
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
of no concern; nothing; trivial; (lit.) not even a fart
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding