hello; good day; good afternoon
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
story; tale; talk; discussion
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.
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
single word; a few words; brief comment
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
calm before the storm; lull before the storm
such ... as; or some such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?