meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
book; volume; this; present; main; head
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
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
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
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carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
author; writer; novelist; artist
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)