right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; period; class
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
(short) run; drive; ride; spin
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
commuting to school; school commute
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
prohibition; inhibition; ban
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 send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
cats (esp. the musical: Cats)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)