severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
then; well; so; well then
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
purse snatching; handbag snatching; purse snatcher; handbag snatcher
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
police officer; policeman; policewoman
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to snatch (from someone); to tear (away); to steal
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
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.)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give