indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
clearing one's throat; cough
every year; yearly; annually
honorific/polite/humble prefix
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
forcibly; by force; against one's will
participation; joining; entry
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
(not) even once; (not) ever
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
how many years; how long; what year