pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
such; like that; that sort of
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
you could say that; that might be so
Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo); Shibuya
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; so