good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
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
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to attempt; to test; to try out
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
honorific/polite/humble prefix
two persons; two people; pair; couple
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
how; in what way; how about
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.)
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at