continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
honorific/polite/humble prefix
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
participation; joining; entry; adherence
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
now; the present time; just now; another; more
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
love or affection for one's parents
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
should; must; -able; probably; likely
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr