here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
sorry; excuse me; thank you
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
company president; manager; director
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
really; truly; indeed; good grief
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
anything and everything; just about everything
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness