to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
chance of precipitation; chance of rain
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
reaction; response; reaction
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
adds force or indicates command
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape
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.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke