where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
thousand years; many years
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
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
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
thermos bottle; vacuum flask
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
now; the present time; just now; another; more
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
individual; private person; personal; private
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo