terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
go on!; right!; here goes!
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
folklore studies; folkloristics
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
student (esp. a university student)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
department (faculty) of literature
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to collect; to assemble; to gather
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself