trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
contemporary novel; modern novel
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
novel; story; (work of) fiction
what kind of; what sort of; what
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
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.
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
how; in what way; how about
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.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
I see; that's right; indeed
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
you could say that; that might be so
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed