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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
seems; I think; I guess; 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
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
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?; not; 's
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
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to be needed; to be wanted
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey