spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
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
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
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
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
in that way; thus; so; so?
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise