probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
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.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.
remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
time; hour; period; class
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
such; like that; that sort of
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
two dimensions; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn; two-dimensional
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
if it is (the case that ...)