refinement; elegance; grace
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
early; right away; at once; early time; early stage (in one's life, etc.)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
for your information; I'm telling you
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
now; the present time; just now; another; more
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
consumption; expenditure; spending
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy