today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
suffix for familiar person
please (give me); please (do for me)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
adds force or indicates command
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
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