something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
setting sail; putting out to sea; starting anew; embarking on something new
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
ladder form of "high" kanji
hawks; hardline faction; hardliners
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!