man; male; masculine gender
oil crisis (esp. 1973 OPEC oil crisis); oil shock
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
society; the world; the times
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about