fields (of rice and other crops)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
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
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
in those days; at the time; then
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
hey there; I say; see here
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience