thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
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
sorry; excuse me; thank you
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
honorific/polite/humble prefix
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
study; diligence; discount; reduction
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
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
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for