(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
upper reaches of a river; upstream
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
feeling; sense; impression
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you