serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
young greens; young herbs
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
adds force or indicates command
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to beat to death; to kill
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least