indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
Japanese-style confectionary store
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
peace; tranquility; tranquillity
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.