what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
surroundings; environs; circumference
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
several people; a few people
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
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
woman; female; feminine gender
to turn towards; to point
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
passion; temper; irritability
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more