breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
such; this sort of; like this
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
(some) more; even more; longer; further
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to discuss; to talk together
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole