trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
something like ...; something called ...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
for example; for instance; e.g.
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
myself; yourself; I; me; you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest