by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
counsel; defender; advocate
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
please (give me); please (do for me)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
how; in what way; how about
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...