to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be helpful; to be useful
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
match; game; bout; contest
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to have a talk; to tell a story
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
rush (of people or activity); rush (sudden forward motion); rush hour; rushes; dailies
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
about; on; regarding; per; for every
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
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.)
of course; certainly; naturally