good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
one's (own) house; one's (own) home
how; in what way; how about
to be photographed; to be projected
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
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.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
older brother; elder brother
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
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then