likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
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.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
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
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
Japanese person; Japanese people
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
in that way; thus; so; so?
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
should; must; -able; probably; likely
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...