avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
shore; bank (of a body of water)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
such; like that; that sort of; very
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
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
had better ...; had better not ...
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
"bird-in-the-cage" children's game
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing