slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
adds force or indicates command
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
sorry; excuse me; thank you
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
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.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest