indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
being left out; being ostracized
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to