half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
no, not like that (but like this)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
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
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
settlement; solution; resolution
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
please (give me); please (do for me)
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit