meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; 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; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
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
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
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 the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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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easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
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.)