personality; character; individuality; personhood
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
that's the way it is; such is life
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
in that way; thus; so; so?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
possible; likely; probable
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
excursion; field trip; school trip
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
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
difficult to ...; hard to ...