liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
number one; first; best; most; game; round
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
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
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
senior high school; high school
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
stairs; stairway; staircase
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to face; to go towards; to head towards
board (across a ditch, etc.); step; tread; pedal (of an organ, etc.); treadle
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
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.)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to lie deep in; to extend far back
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
cleaning equipment closet; broom closet